Last season, Harbaugh was at the college level, leading the Michigan Wolverines to a national championship. However, there was a time not that long ago when the Chargers head coach was leading the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl.

After being 2-2 at the bye week, the Chargers have won three of four — including two straight by at least 17 points — and are playing their best football of the season. The biggest reason for the Chargers' turnaround has been something that Harbaugh has preached from when he was hired as head coach on Jan. 24 — mental toughness.

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said that Justin Herbert knocked him from the top spot as the toughest QB in NFL history, adding that no QB has been better than Herbert this season in an interview on "The Herd.

In an appearance on the "The Herd" with Colin Cowherd, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Jim Harbaugh said that the team does need help at any position

It's never too early to look at the future. For the Los Angeles Chargers and their fanbase, it is an exciting team to follow the team. The franchise is in Year 1 of head coach Jim Harbaugh's so-called soft rebuild. So, looking ahead at the 2025 NFL draft is something everyone has their eyes on.

Joey Bosa is an athletic human freak in the best kind of way, at the highest level,’ Harbaugh says of the veteran outside linebacker

His protection, his safety, there’s probably nothing I think about more than that,” Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said about Herbert.

Anyone wondering whether Jim Harbaugh’s somewhat hokey coaching style might still play in the NFL after 10 years away — or whether the Los Angeles Chargers would embrace his quirky identity — was wasting their time.

It does smack of coachspeak, especially when Harbaugh hit the interview with a "all competitors are welcome” slogan to sort of hedge his bets in case the team does make a trade.

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh calls Justin Herbert the toughest quarterback of all-time after team's Week 9 win