After signing on to become the head coach at the University of Michigan, Jim Harbaugh joined Twitter. Usually coaches on Twitter are about as exciting as watching a commercial-touchback-commercial sequence during a football game. There’s very little outside coachspeak or promotional tidbits. But already we can tell Harbaugh is going to be producing something quite extraordinary.
Harbaugh has sent only 11 tweets since being named Michigan head coach and joining the social media platform. But it’s about quality, not quantity. All but one have ended in an exclamation point. He’s even given a shoutout to Pope Francis. And just today he produced maybe the most inspiring tweet in the history of mankind.
Here’s all the tweets in chronological order…
Doors are open at Schembechler Hall. Look forward to getting knee-to-knee with the current team. Players, stop by and say hi!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 2, 2015
Happy anniversary to me and my lovely wife Sarah!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 5, 2015
Now following Pope Francis @Pontifex. Go Blue!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 8, 2015
This is just fantastic. I want Harbaugh to make announcements when he follows random world leaders and celebrities on Twitter and ends them with a “Go Blue!” I know Pope Francis is from Argentina, but that doesn’t mean he can’t also be a Michigan Man.
Great day for Michigan Football! Reunited with a tremendous coach in D.J. Durkin!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 8, 2015
Another great day for the Wolverines! Back together with an outstanding coach in Tim Drevno!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 9, 2015
Have a Great day! A Great week! A Great month! and a Great year! and Go Blue!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 10, 2015
And a great decade! And a great century! And a great millenium! And a great rest-of-the-life-of-the-planet-earth!
Great to have Kevin Tolbert back in the Maize and Blue! Winter conditioning should be very productive!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 12, 2015
Excited to be working with a longtime coaching colleague, Greg Mattison. His track record speaks for itself!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 12, 2015
Do you think Jim Harbaugh speaks in real life like he’s ending every sentence with an exclamation point!
Life at Michigan is Great! Great with a capital "G!"
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 14, 2015
The Frosted Flakes crossover promotion potential is almost too great to bear.
Thrilled that Greg Jackson's plane landed in Ann Arbor! He is a proven leader that will get the best out of our secondary!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 15, 2015
Attacking this day with Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 15, 2015
There’s enough random capital letters there to make you think “Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind” might become a Harbaugh trademark one day when he and his brother John have an A&E reality show. Curiously, there’s also no exclamation point, which also makes you think this could be a secret message to the illuminati.
