OT-ish: Ann Arbor Pioneer First HS to Produce Two Super Bowl Coaches?
February 1st, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
Depends what you mean by "produce." Jim Harbaugh graduated from high school in Palo Alto, California after Jack Harbaugh left UM and coached at Stanford. Jim did attend Pioneer as a "freshman" -- i.e. 10th grade. (Pioneer was a 3-year school back then.) Jim might have still been at Pioneer his junior year -- I'm not sure -- but he didn't graduate from Pioneer.
February 2nd, 2013 at 11:48 AM ^
Was Dad the HC at Western for a time as well? I was thinking Jim did some HS time at Kalamazoo Central?
February 2nd, 2013 at 12:06 PM ^
You'd be incorrect, Jim was already at Michigan.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:43 PM ^
Mr and Mrs Jack Harbaugh: first to produce 2 Superbowl coaches.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
I produced two tremendous pewps today
February 1st, 2013 at 2:47 PM ^
At Pioneer High School?
February 1st, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
I used the only bathroom I've ever know, which is Mork Dan7onio's front yard.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:25 PM ^
That must be why he always has that shit-eating grin on his face.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
It'd only be impressive if the two head coaches were unrelated.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:55 PM ^
I didn't know that Jim graduated from Palo Alto. It makes more sense to me now why he coached at Stanford and then decided to take the 49ers job. I didn't realize he had already had bay area roots.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:18 PM ^
He took the Stanford job because they were the first school to offer him a head coaching gig.
From there the 49ers just wooed him best in January 2011, when pretty much every NFL team was begging for his services.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:33 PM ^
I think the 49ers were the only team with a vacancy that was worth coaching at the time, with the only possible exception being Denver. The other openings were Dallas, Minnesota, Carolina, Cleveland, Oakland, and Tennessee.
February 1st, 2013 at 6:01 PM ^
Not really true, he coached the University of San Diego for 3 years from 2004-2006. The 49ers job made sense for several reasons, he didn't have to relocate, they had a decent team and a good history, and they offered him a good contract.
February 1st, 2013 at 10:31 PM ^
San Fran and San Diego aren't really that close though.
February 1st, 2013 at 11:11 PM ^
He was QB coach for the Raiders before that
he's spent his entire coaching career, not counting his time as a recruiter for Western Kentucky while he was still playing, in Califorina.
February 4th, 2013 at 6:16 PM ^
I was referring to Stanford being his first coaching gig. Also, dude, San Fran is not the preferred nomenclature.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
...if you count Ravens OL Coach Andy Moeller. Son of Gary Moeller, teammate of John and Jim's at Pioneer and Jim's at Michigan.
/pedantic
February 1st, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^
Pioneer has produced a ton of NHL players, but they are all development teamers who wrnt while on the us 18 team.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:31 PM ^
Both Iggy Pop and Bob Seger were at Pioneer at the same time too. Seger was a couple of years ahead of Ig. Still...not many high schools have TWO rock and roll legends among their alums.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:36 PM ^
Im an 83 Hi school grad and played football at Pioneer. Jim was a year ahead of me and John graduated with my sister. Andy Moeller was initially a QB who siwtched to LB after a knee injury. Also there were the Minick boys, dad was Wash. Sheriff and jeff Minick played U of M baseball. Also on the team was Mark Bostic, younger brother of Keith Bostic, and Mark played basketball at U. of San Diego.
February 1st, 2013 at 4:02 PM ^
My wife graduated with John (and apparently your sister) from Pioneer in 1980.
February 2nd, 2013 at 1:11 AM ^
I was PiHi 82 and Jim was an incredible athlete & arrogant ass. In addition to John Harbaugh (80) and Andy Moeller (82), there was also Franz Harary (80) who performed at a Super Bowl halftime!
February 1st, 2013 at 3:42 PM ^
had the same home womb.
February 1st, 2013 at 6:30 PM ^
love you...
February 1st, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
hard to imagine that pioneer high school had much to do with the harbaugh's success.
short time at that high school
other important factors: dad is a successful college coach, both exposed to other coaches in high school, college and nfl, jim played football at a high level
February 1st, 2013 at 10:41 PM ^
Pioneer can have its athletics and academics.
Huron will always be number 1 in gentlemanly club life.
February 1st, 2013 at 11:16 PM ^
Fun challenege!
So far; Lombardi went to the same high school as, uh, Gerry DiNardo
February 1st, 2013 at 11:23 PM ^
Red Miller went to high school with the dad from Frasier
Chuck Noll went to school with the founder of Red Roof Inn!
February 1st, 2013 at 11:29 PM ^
Up to Bill Walsh... Jack Del Rio went to Hayward High, too. This is as close as we've gotten
February 1st, 2013 at 11:33 PM ^
Did not know Ditka, Ty Law and Darrelle Revis all went to the same HS
February 1st, 2013 at 11:37 PM ^
Dan Reeves and Chan Gailey... we're getting closer here, people
February 1st, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
and the answer is: YES! woot AAPIHS
February 2nd, 2013 at 8:28 AM ^
The Manning family is pissed that they haven't been mentioned in this thread yet.