Jay Harbaugh joined the Seahawks staff as special teams coordinator on February 13, 2024, after spending nine seasons with the University of Michigan.

Jay Harbaugh joined the Seahawks staff as special teams coordinator on February 13, 2024, after spending nine seasons with the University of Michigan.

During his time at U-M, Harbaugh served as a special teams coach from 2015-19 before being named special teams coordinator before the 2020 season. Harbaugh also led the tight ends (2015-16, 2021), running backs (2017-20), and safeties (2022-23). He was part of a coaching staff that topped 10 wins six times and made three consecutive CFP appearances from 2021-23, winning the national championship in 2023.

Harbaugh coached a top-20 NCAA-ranked kickoff coverage unit in five of his eight seasons at Michigan including the top-ranked unit in 2017 and the No. 5 unit in 2023. U-M has had a top-25 kick return unit four times (third, 2015; 11th, 2019; 24th, 2020; ninth, 2023). He helped nine Wolverine specialists attain 21 more All-Big Ten honors with one consensus All-American in kicker Jake Moody. In 2021, the Wolverines set school records for net punting and the kickoff unit ranked first nationally (12.4 yards per return attempt). Michigan's special teams unit ranked No. 1 in 2021 and No. 2 in 2019, according to Football Outsiders. Harbaugh was named the Special Teams Coordinator of the Year by FootballScoop.com in 2021.

Under Harbaugh, Moody became the program's first-ever winner and two-time finalist of the Lou Groza Award, and the Big Ten's Bakken-Andersen Big Ten Kicker of the Year, an award he won twice (2021-22). Moody owns Michigan records for career points, field goals, and 40-plus field goals, among others, in addition to a number of single-season records set in 2022.

Two Michigan punters were named semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award: Brad Robbins (2021-22) and Will Hart (2018), who was named a second-team All-American and won the Big Ten's Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year Award. Hart and Robbins rank one-two in U-M history in single-season and career net punt average. Hart was named a second-team All-American by Sports Illustrated in 2018, ranked as a Ray Guy Award semifinalist and also won the Big Ten's Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year Award.

In the return game, Donovan Peoples-Jones was a freshman All-American punt returner in 2017, and Jabrill Peppers was the No. 5-ranked individual return man in the nation in 2016. Giles Jackson matched the program record for kickoff return touchdowns with two through his sophomore season (2020), and Khaleke Hudson blocked five punts during his career - a Michigan record. A.J. Henning was twice named an All-Big Ten return man (second team, third team).

While leading the safeties, Harbaugh helped Michigan's pass defense finish No. 5 in pass efficiency defense and No. 20 in pass defense in 2022. U-M held teams to 16.1 points per game (No. 7 NCAA) and safeties Rod Moore and Makari Paige were All-Big Ten honorable mention honorees.

In 2021, Harbaugh's tight end group totaled 57 receptions, led by Erick All, whose 38 catches were the second-most on the roster. The tight end group under Harbaugh was multiple and versatile, a key piece to the Big Ten's best-rushing offense (214.4 yards per game). All was honorable mention All-Big Ten.

In 2019, Harbaugh saw running backs Zach Charbonnet and Hassan Haskins combine for more than 1,300 yards and 15 touchdowns, including a freshman-record 11 scores from Charbonnet. Haskins earned All-Big Ten honorable mention honors and Charbonnet's 726 yards on the ground were the third-most by any freshman in Michigan history, and his four multi-touchdown games were a freshman record as well.

Taking over the running backs room in 2017, Harbaugh helped lead a Michigan ground attack that included three running backs who averaged 5.0 yards per carry or better and each ran for over 500 yards for the first time since 1991. Karan Higdon was a Maxwell Award and Doak Walker Award semifinalist in 2018, as well as a first-team All-Big Ten selection, while becoming Michigan's first 1,000-yard back since 2011.

Harbaugh coached four running backs and tight ends to five All-Big Ten honors, including three first-team accolades. He mentored Michigan's most accomplished tight end, Jake Butt, during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Butt became Michigan's all-time leader in tight end receptions (138) and yards (1,646). Butt won two Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year Awards as the Big Ten's best tight end, was a consensus first-team All-American both years, and won the 2016 John Mackey Award winner as the nation's top tight end.

Prior to arriving in Ann Arbor, Harbaugh spent three seasons working for the Baltimore Ravens, including the 2014 season as an offensive quality control coach, where his work focused on statistical analysis, self-scouting reports and breakdowns of opposing defenses. In 2014, the Ravens posted a record of 11-7, including a wild card playoff game win at Pittsburgh. His previous work included working with the video staff and the weight room staff and was part of the coaching staff that won Super Bowl XLVII under his uncle John Harbaugh.

Harbaugh spent four seasons as an undergraduate assistant at Oregon State under head coach Mike Riley. He performed a number of duties for the Beavers during his time in Corvallis and worked with the special teams units for all four seasons. The Beavers played in two bowls during Harbaugh's tenure (2008-2011), including a win in the 2008 Sun Bowl. He also interned for the San Francisco 49ers in the scouting department during the summer of 2011.

A native of San Diego, Calif., Harbaugh earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Oregon State University. He is the son of former Michigan head coach and current L.A. Chargers coach, Jim Harbaugh.

He and his wife, Brhitney, have two children, Jacob, and Norma.