Jim Harbaugh said Colin Kaepernick won't join the Los Angeles Chargers in a coaching -- or playing -- role for the 2024 NFL season.
Harbaugh's comments came just a week after telling USA TODAY Sports that he wanted Kaepernick to join his coaching staff in Los Angeles.head coach ruled out the possibility of his former quarterback joining the Bolts in a coaching -- or playing -- role for the 2024"I love Colin, but he's not going to be on the coaching staff, which is set for this year," Harbaugh told reporters on Thursday."And he's not going to be playing on the roster either.".
Harbaugh said on Thursday that it wasn't the first time he has touched base with Kaepernick about coaching, and that he mentioned it a couple times when he was the coach at Michigan."I have thought that for a long time. Just the respect that I have for the football mind he has and the football man that he is," said Harbaugh when asked what made him believe Kaepernick would make a good coach.
Kaepernick has long been pushing to return to the NFL, but as a player. His last appearance came with the in the 2016 season after he began kneeling during the national anthem at games in protest of police brutality and racial injustice. Kaepernick, who met with the Seattle Seahawks in 2017 and worked out for the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022, hasn't been signed by a team since.Harbaugh and Kaepernick spent four seasons together in San Francisco from 2011-14.
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