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NFL Coach of the Year odds: Jim Harbaugh opens as heavy favorite with Chargers

Jim Harbaugh is the early favorite to win the 2024-25 NFL Coach of the Year Award.

Fresh off a National Championship title with Michigan, the new Los Angeles Chargers head coach opened the offseason as the clear top choice by oddsmakers to take home his second COTY honors.

Harbaugh is currently +550 at DraftKings Sportsbook to win the award next season, well ahead of the second-favorite Matt LaFleur of the Green Bay Packers, who is sitting at +800.

Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris (+1000), another new hire, is the only other coach outside of Harbaugh and LaFleur with odds at 10/1 or better.

A quartet of coaches – Shane Steichen, DeMeco Ryans, Robert Saleh and Mike Macdonald – are all sitting at +1400.

Reigning winner Kevin Stefanski of the Cleveland Browns is +6000 to win the award for the second straight season, which is tied for the second-worst odds on the board.

The Chargers have disappointed in recent years, including going 5-12 last season after entering 2023 with playoff ambitions.


.Owner and Chairman of the Board Dean Spanos and Newly appointed head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Los Angeles Chargers. Getty Images

Harbaugh, who has a history of turning around dire situations in a heartbeat, joins a franchise with one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, Justin Herbert.

In 2011, Harbaugh joined a 49ers team that hadn’t had a winning record in a decade and immediately led them to a 13-3 record and Conference Championship appearance, winning the COTY along the way.

Four years later, Harbaugh won ten games with the Wolverines one year after Michigan went 5-7 under Brady Hoke.

Coach Odds
Jim Harbaugh +550
Matt LaFleur +800
Raheem Morris 10/1
Shane Steichen 14/1
Robert Saleh 14/1
Mike Macdonald 14/1
Demeco Ryans 14/1
Sean McVay 18/1
Matt Eberflus 18/1
Dave Canales 20/1
Odds provided by DraftKings

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Oddsmakers are apparently betting he could lead yet another miraculous turnaround in LA.

The Chargers currently have the seventh-best odds to win the AFC (+1300) and are tied with the Jets with the 12th-best odds to win the 2025 Super Bowl.

Herbert is tied with Jordan Love and Brocky Purdy for the fifth-best odds of winning the NFL MVP award.