{"id":602451,"date":"2026-02-14T08:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/602451\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T08:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:58:12","slug":"chargers-jim-harbaugh-and-mike-mcdaniel-spotted-at-lakers-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/602451\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers&#8217; Jim Harbaugh and Mike McDaniel spotted at Lakers game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 13, 2026, 8:19 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chargers<\/a> head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel attended the Lakers&#8217; matchup with the Mavericks Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Harbaugh and McDaniel sat court side for the Lakers&#8217; 124-104 victory over the Mavericks for their last game ahead of All-Star Weekend, which is also in LA this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The stakes are high for Harbaugh&#8217;s third season as the Chargers head coach, but the offense is in good hands with McDaniel at the helm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">McDaniel was one of the best offensive-minds available this offseason and the Chargers landed the highly-touted coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;There was a lot that I found very attractive,&#8221; McDaniel said of the organization at his introductory press conference. &#8220;I was very fortunate to have some opportunities. I think it started with Coach Harbaugh. Then to be a part of an organization that has a legacy, talking about Sid [Gillman] and Air Coryell, that&#8217;s super attractive, too.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Got a quarterback who I&#8217;ve always admired,&#8221; McDaniel added. &#8220;A lot of young players, great situation for me and my family to go to the next chapter, which we&#8217;re very excited about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s Next for the Chargers This Offseason?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chargers have a ton of cap space to spend in free agency, which is set to begin in less than a month. It remains unclear where the Chargers will look to spend money, but many insiders have suggested the team should focus on bolstering the offensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While Herbert had a 66.1 completion percentage last season, his stat line could improve immensely with a healthy and strengthened O-line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 8:19 p.m. PT Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel attended the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[72400,7,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6,80402,80403,73945,72404,72464,80404,80405,72689,73950,72666,72405,72406,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-602451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-lakers","12":"tag-lakers","13":"tag-lalakers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangeleslakers","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-sstssportsnflchargers","20":"tag-sstsnchargers","21":"tag-tagamerican-football","22":"tag-tagbasketball","23":"tag-tagdallas-mavericks","24":"tag-tagjim-harbaugh","25":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","26":"tag-taglos-angeles-lakers","27":"tag-tagnfl-hub","28":"tag-tagoverall-negative","29":"tag-tagoverall-positive","30":"tag-tagsports-news","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116068162284675888","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}