Jim Harbaugh Reveals How He Landed Alabama's O-Coordinator Josh Gattis

We heard about the lashing Alabama co-offensive coordinator Josh Gattis took from Nick Saban when deciding to leave to coach at Maryland, a school he never got to because Michigan came a-calling and he decided to take the offensive coordinator gig there instead. On Tuesday, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh revealed how they stole Gattis...

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Found out through the grapevine that Josh was considering leaving Alabama to go to Maryland so we reached out and asked if he had any interest in Michigan. I called him at 10 o’clock in the morning and by 3:30 he was coming to Michigan with a signed Memorandum of Understanding.”

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Per Gattis...

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“When Coach Harbaugh called, it kind of caught me off guard because I had just left a meeting with Nick Saban getting my butt chewed out for 20 minutes telling him I was leaving and he was trying to get me to stay. It did not go over well. If there was any band-aid to the bruise or whatever that he left on me, it was that phone call. It was exciting to hear his voice and to talk to him personally.”

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(The Spun/Attack Each Day/247Sports)