When you look back at the active NFL head coaches, John Harbaugh’s name is undoubtedly at the top. The current Baltimore Ravens The head coach has 160 regular season wins, which is the 20th most of all time, he has one Super Bowl title under his belt and his coaching career dates back to 1984. Harbaugh’s love affair with football is as enduring as his love affair with his wife. Ingrid Harbaugh.
Both John and Ingrid graduated from Western Michigan University, where it all began. The couple eventually got together for the first time in 1985, when Ingrid was working in a small office for her college baseball team and John was working as an assistant for the football team. For most of her teenage years, Ingrid was relatively unremarkable. But when she married John Harbaugh in 1991, her popularity skyrocketed.
To this day, Ingrid’s profession remains a mystery, while her husband has a successful career as a football coach. The marriage of the two lovebirds took a happier turn when they had a daughter named Alison Harbaugh. Alison has her father’s athletic qualities and an incredible talent for lacrosse. She studies at Notre Dame and is also part of their All-ACC Academic Team. Despite all the athletic streak in Ingrid’s family, she continues to be a stay-at-home mom.
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Ingrid excels in the role of a supportive wife, something Harbaugh could never have dreamed of. When he couldn’t return home to prepare his team, Ingrid stayed home alone. Even on Sundays, when the regular season begins, the couple doesn’t get to rest together. Amid such ups and downs, how does Ingrid manage to maintain her marriage while also being John’s biggest supporter?
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Behind the scenes of a football head coach’s wife
Ingrid Harbaugh is unmatched when it comes to patience in a marriage. As the wife of a man who loves and breathes football, she shares some insight into her story: “If you want to spend four hours with your husband on Sunday, maybe you should watch a game with him and start to understand it.” Well, we can sense a slight frustration in her words as she describes her Sundays with John.
The only time Ingrid can enjoy her husband’s company is on Friday nights. Ingrid added to her story: “The first word would be ‘stressful’. It’s very stressful, for about six months of the season.” Well, Ingrid, we understand that cheering on our team during games can be stressful, but for her it’s different because she continues to maintain her strong bond in a 26-year marriage.
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To strengthen their togetherness, Ingrid performs a ritual with her husband before every Ravens home game. “We always give each other a sign before a game… he blows me a kiss and I blow him a kiss. It’s funny, but if we miss it, we lose.” Ingrid shared. John Harbaugh must be the luckiest man in the world to have a wife who puts her life before her marriage. But of course, John would love to get those kisses every time his Ravens play at home.
