Michigan Football Family Legacy Wall
Good Harbaugh interview by Brad Galli. Harbaugh talks about the new Michigan family legacy wall he is creating in the practice facility at the 4:00 minute mark. This is the kind of thing that really sets apart our program and you can really feel Harbaugh's love for Michigan.
October 17th, 2023 at 10:09 AM ^
Pretty cool stuff. I forgot that Fred Jackson had a son at UM. I remember his son that played at VA Tech and Maryland.
October 17th, 2023 at 10:19 AM ^
Is there a "turnover wall" or something somewhere with all the post-turnover team poses with the Buffs on? I never really paid much attention to it, but I found it hilarious when Harbaugh got in on one a couple games ago.
October 17th, 2023 at 10:52 AM ^
Been curious about where a collection of these photos might exist. The squad flaunting the ball with the opponent’s logo stamp is such a flex 💪
October 17th, 2023 at 10:20 AM ^
"Jim Harbaugh thinks JJ McCarthy can be the greatest QB ever at Michigan, saying he'd take him over an amalgamation of Brady's leadership, Henne's arm, Denard's running, and Leach's winning"
How the hell did they mix up Harbaugh and Fred Jackson???
October 17th, 2023 at 10:25 AM ^
Mimi & Mike Morris need to be on there
October 17th, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^
Came here to say the same thing!
October 17th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
Whoa. No need to crap on the greats here. Let's give JJ the laurels after a great season ends.
October 17th, 2023 at 10:36 AM ^
That wall is huge!
October 17th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
No kidding. They had to put up scaffolding to get all up there.
October 17th, 2023 at 10:45 AM ^
They putting Mike Boren and Justin Boren up there?
October 17th, 2023 at 10:49 AM ^
Those will be posted in the bathroom
October 17th, 2023 at 10:52 AM ^
Flush twice it's a long way to Columbus.
October 17th, 2023 at 10:54 AM ^
Classic! Somebody get on that! Who else belongs?
October 17th, 2023 at 11:15 AM ^
Anyone that has transferred to MSU or OSU should be there.
October 17th, 2023 at 11:48 AM ^
Ummm Greg Mattison? Too soon or too late?
October 17th, 2023 at 10:57 AM ^
I never realized that Gerald Ford had a brother Tom that also played at Michigan. That wall and the ALL TIME WINS count is epic.
October 17th, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
That wall is really cool. Only someone like Harbaugh would think of it. I would love it if the photos could be digitized (they probably already are) and made accessible through the mgoblue.com website.
It's great recruiting tool to players who are part of the legacy or hope some day to be part of it.
Who's got it better than us?
October 17th, 2023 at 11:50 AM ^
Love the Family Wall! Starts at the 4:00-mark. Super cool... and I like his observations throughout.
October 17th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
I watched this short interview yesterday and was duly impressed. Who is Brad Gallis and how/why does he have such great access? His interview last season in which Harbaugh gave him a tour of his office was really cool and stayed with me.
Harbaugh acknowledges, despite his professed humility, that the legacy/family wall was his own idea. It really seems like he's invested in capturing and commemorating historic aspects of the Michigan program and legacy and this is a particularly cool idea since we have 80+ family tie connections in which grand/father/son or siblings played in the Michigan program.
From a distance you might not guess that Harbaugh is particularly nostalgic but personally I love that he is and is able to manifest it in such fantastic ways in his office and around the football facility.
October 17th, 2023 at 12:21 PM ^
I don't know why Gallis gets access to Harbaugh that nobody else gets. I'm guessing his station probably paid for it, but I'm not sure. He gets inside the building interviews every week.
October 17th, 2023 at 12:46 PM ^
Some coaches are kind of mercenary in their position, they really don't know or care much about what came before them. But Harbaugh is actually a great Michigan football historian.
I'd love to spend time with him, not to talk about current X's and O's Michigan football, but to talk about Michigan football history. I'll be he knows some interesting shit.
October 17th, 2023 at 12:53 PM ^
I would say most coaches are essentially mercenaries--loyal to their employer as long as they are getting paid but ready to be "loyal" to another institution as soon as the checks increase. Not surprising, really, but it makes hiring a coach like Harbaugh who played at Michigan very attractive. Plus of course he grew up in Ann Arbor (until late in high school) and his dad coached at Michigan under Bo. Not enough to make it the right hire/fit in and for itself but in our case it's turned out to be ideal.
I'm actually Jim's exact age and grew up in Ann Arbor when he did. Never met him but my best friend was a classmate of his at Tappan Jr. High. He didn't know Jim personally but said that in gym class Jim was way ahead of everyone else when they had to run laps around the school grounds!
I love the idea of sitting down with Jim and reminiscing about the olden days under Bo since that was the era when I grew up going to Michigan stadium every Saturday in the fall. But it's not clear that Jim would actually enjoy such an encounter despite how nostalgic he seems in the Gallis interview videos. I think he's more interested in Michigan football history that one might guess from a distance but actually prefers to spend his time actually focusing on his creed of "get a bit better every day."
October 17th, 2023 at 11:53 AM ^
I am glad he name-dropped the Hammerstein bros. and Andy Moeller.
Is there a father-son for 1980s QB4 and coach Jay Harbaugh?
October 17th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
grandfather-father-son
October 17th, 2023 at 11:56 AM ^
Thanks for posting. That is really cool. That is the Harbaugh difference.
These are the moments I can't imagine him coaching anywhere else to close out his career...then the NCAA pops up to remind me why he may want to go back to the NFL.
October 17th, 2023 at 12:38 PM ^
The Family Legacy Wall is a brilliant idea. Makes the football alums happy to see their entire family get some recognition. Can't be anything other than a positive for recruiting...as it reinforces the long, successful history of Michigan Football...as well as the sense of family in the program.
October 17th, 2023 at 12:39 PM ^
Yes, Harbaugh is a strange dude, but he's a cool dude.
October 17th, 2023 at 2:20 PM ^
Harbaugh will reach football's Valhalla when Michigan wins game 1,001 on November 25, 2023 during the greatest November blizzard on record.
October 17th, 2023 at 2:26 PM ^
so harbaugh was talking about the family wall on this week's Inside Michigan Football, and he dropped a cryptic "i probably shouldn't say anything, but i'm going to be coaching the son of one of my former players soon." jansen was trying to figure it out, and harbaugh said "oh, it wasn't someone i coached since i got here."
anyone know who he might be referring to? maybe the kid of one of his players in san francisco?
October 17th, 2023 at 2:41 PM ^
Hopefully Andrew Luck had a kid when he was really young.
October 17th, 2023 at 2:47 PM ^
Total guess here but maybe Frank Gore Jr. as a grad transfer next year.
October 17th, 2023 at 3:01 PM ^
I'll have to watch this video later, but this sounds like an awesome idea! And can I just toss out there the idea that the Glasgow family should get an 'Honorable Mention' family photo? I mean, three walk-ons that saw extensive playing time as key components, and two of them played in the NFL. If anyone gets a hat tip, its the Glasgow's!
October 17th, 2023 at 3:23 PM ^
Glasgow's are definitely on that wall. Harbaugh doesn't forget family. He is a man of family.
October 17th, 2023 at 4:24 PM ^
No honorable mention needed for the Glasgows. They are one of the greatest families in Michigan football history and their picture is in the video.
October 17th, 2023 at 3:22 PM ^
That is beautiful. Now give this man the blank check contract. He cares more about this program, it's history and image than any coach I've seen in my lifetime.
October 17th, 2023 at 9:25 PM ^
I want to walk through that place. Is anyone allowed or do you have to be a student? How does one get to see all of the stadium and Schembechler Hall?