Top 5 college football head coaching villains heading into 2022

4. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan

I’ll be honest, this is more of a personal one for me. As a Michigan State fan, Jim Harbaugh has always driven me nuts but I can at least respect the job he did in 2021 after almost everyone turned on him following a 2-4 season in 2020. He really shoved it in his doubters’ faces.

But even though he impressed me as a coach last season, he has just never been likable to rival fans. Even fans who don’t consider Michigan a rival can’t stand Harbaugh.

Is it because Jim attracts some of the most media attention for next to no reason (before 2021)? That has something to do with it, but it’s more so the playing football shirtless with recruits, sleeping over at a kicker recruit’s house, calling out rival coaches on Twitter, wearing a baseball hat at Big Ten Media Days, wearing cleats everywhere he goes, constantly blaming refs after losses, or crying on the sidelines when a call doesn’t go his way, he’s tough to handle.

Michigan fans have loved him from day one because he’s a “Michigan Man” but there’s a bit of arrogance that comes along with that phrase and his famous “who’s got it better than us?” mantra got old so fast.

Harbaugh was always in the news for winning nothing before the 2021 season and now that he finally has a Big Ten title under his belt, the attention is going to be unbearable.