Rockin' the Cradle

John Harbaugh trying to live up to the Cradle of Coaches

Posted by: Chris Vannini on January 24, 2013

While John Harbaugh's upcoming battle with his brother Jim is the major story of the Super Bowl, there's another family Harbaugh is in.

The Cradle of Coaches.


John Harbaugh is the latest football coach from Miami (OH) to find major success. Harbaugh is a bit different, though, as he was a player at the school, compared to most notable coaches whose careers went through Oxford.

"It's a great pride in Miami," Harbaugh said Thursday. "You look at the tradition at Miami. That's something, when you go there, they make sure you understand pretty well. Players, coaches and the football tradition there just means so much. What Don Treadwell's doing there is something I'm proud of.

"I can't support that enough. Love and honor to Miami. I love that school, I love the people there."

Harbaugh was a defensive back at the school, not earning a letter until his senior season and graduating in 1984. He played with two current Miami (OH) coaches: head coach Treadwell and defensive coordinator Jay Peterson.

The Cradle of Coaches mostly includes notable college coaches, but former Redhawks offensive coordinator Sean Payton won the Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints in 2010.

Harbaugh is the second Miami (OH) alumnus to be a head coach in a Super Bowl, joining Weeb Ewbank, who won Super Bowl 3 with the New York Jets.

"I'm just trying to live up to that in some way," he said. "That's the pressure in this game. You look at the names that are up there. Maybe some of you guys know. You go back to Ara Parseghian and Sid Gillman, and you keep going back through Bo (Schembechler) and Woody (Hayes). Earl 'Red' Blaik, that's a pretty good coaching name. We take great pride in that."

http://m.coachingsearch.com/home/2326-jo...aches.html

I think Harbaugh would be at least the 4th Miami Cradle of Coaches Super Bowl victory. Some serious football talent flows through Oxford which makes it frustrating that Miami has mostly been on a multi-year winning drought save 2010.

I'm not sure what he's talking about when he says he's proud of Treadwell, two 4-8 seasons aren't exactly ground shattering. Unless he counts the OU win and us being up 3-0 against OSU at the end of the first quarter.

Top THIS for Cradle of Coaches, Miami: Per Warthog on the AZZ board St. Alyoisious(sp) Elementsry in BG has three NFL coaching alums, the Harbaughs and Rob Chudzinski.

Good coverage, but not a well structured article.

Sean Payton (Saints) was a Miami assistant under Randy Walker and several members of his staff were also at Miami when he was there. Aaron Kromer, who was the Saints temporary head coach this year, played and coached at Miami.

ESPN has picked up on this....

OXFORD, Ohio -- Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be inducted into the "Cradle of Coaches" association at his alma mater Miami (Ohio) University next year.

A bronze, life-size statue of Harbaugh will be added to the Cradle of Coaches display on a plaza outside Yager Stadium early next year

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/899239...le-coaches

said Harbaugh. "So many of the things we do today with the Ravens is stuff we did at Miami." "I had a great experience at Miami," he continued. What Miami taught me more than anything else was how to think for myself. Miami's faculty was off the charts. It was just a hugely valuable education."





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(02-27-2013 03:30 AM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  ESPN has picked up on this....

OXFORD, Ohio -- Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be inducted into the "Cradle of Coaches" association at his alma mater Miami (Ohio) University next year.

A bronze, life-size statue of Harbaugh will be added to the Cradle of Coaches display on a plaza outside Yager Stadium early next year

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/899239...le-coaches

said Harbaugh. "So many of the things we do today with the Ravens is stuff we did at Miami." "I had a great experience at Miami," he continued. What Miami taught me more than anything else was how to think for myself. Miami's faculty was off the charts. It was just a hugely valuable education."
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