The Ravens are preserving their longtime coach even longer.
Head coach John Harbaugh — who was coming into his final yr of his take care of the Ravens — acquired a three-year contract extension to stay in Baltimore, the group introduced Friday night.
Barring a dismissal or resignation, Harbaugh will coach the Ravens for at the least 20 seasons.
The one head coach who has been with a group longer is the Steelers’ Mike Tomlin, who took over in Pittsburgh in 2007.
Harbaugh, employed in 2008 to exchange Brian Billick, has led an unbelievable run of success in his 17 seasons on the helm.
Solely twice in his almost two-decade run have the Ravens completed with dropping seasons (2015, 2021), whereas they’ve totaled double-digit victories in 11 completely different seasons — together with six out of the final seven years.
He’s led 12 groups into the playoffs, six AFC North division titles and one Tremendous Bowl win in 2013, which got here in opposition to his brother Jim Harbaugh’s 49ers.
His 172 wins and 13 playoff victories are each the highest marks in franchise historical past.
The Ravens, regardless of latest common season success thanks largely to two-time MVP Lamar Jackson, have fell in need of their final aim.
In 2023, they fell to the Chiefs within the AFC title sport on dwelling turf and misplaced to the Payments within the divisional spherical this previous season.
