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John and Jim Harbaugh can thank their parents for their football drive

LOS ANGELES — One son, Jim Harbaugh, just coached the University of Michigan to a national championship and was hired as new coach of the Chargers. The other, John Harbaugh, is leading the Baltimore Ravens into another AFC championship game. Life couldn't be much better for parents Jack and Jackie Harbaugh, who are so much more at ease now than they were 11 years ago when John's Ravens beat ...
Jack Harbaugh, left, and Jackie Harbaugh, parents of Jim Harbaugh, enter the news conference to introduce Jim Harbaugh as the new head coach of the University of Michigan football team at the Junge Family Champions Center on Dec. 30, 2014, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

LOS ANGELES — One son, Jim Harbaugh, just coached the University of Michigan to a national championship and was hired as new coach of the Chargers.

The other, John Harbaugh, is leading the Baltimore Ravens into another AFC championship game.

Life couldn't be much better for parents Jack and Jackie Harbaugh, who are so much more at ease now than they were 11 years ago when John's Ravens beat Jim's San Francisco 49ers on the NFL's biggest stage.

"That Super Bowl, once the ball was kicked off and was rolling down the field, Jackie and I looked at each other and it all took on an entirely different meeting," said Jack, 84, a longtime college assistant coach.

"We knew that one of them would be crowned the champion, and the other locker room … as a former coach I know what that's like. I've been in far

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