{"id":691805,"date":"2026-01-20T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/691805\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:45:15","slug":"john-harbaugh-explains-how-wife-helps-him-in-crazy-nfl-world-at-giants-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/691805\/","title":{"rendered":"John Harbaugh explains how wife helps him in \u2018crazy\u2019 NFL world at Giants introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Harbaugh gave a sweet nod to his wife Ingrid during his<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/20\/sports\/john-harbaugh-live-updates-giants-news-reactions-and-analysis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> introductory press conference as the head coach of the Giants <\/a>on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Bowl-winning coach, who sported a blue suit and red tie, introduced his wife and joked that she didn\u2019t have to join him on the stage.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIngrid is ready to go too,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zFQ9Vb7ZAKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Harbaugh said <\/a>while explaining his plan is \u201cto win every game\u201d with Big Blue. \u201cWe\u2019re fired up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Harbaugh thanks his wife and his daughter for their support during his time as an NFL head coach:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Three peas in a pod, that&#8217;s what we call ourselves \u2013 we&#8217;ve been together a long, long time&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jNgIDwxiya\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jNgIDwxiya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYGiants\/status\/2013666514117787997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh gushed over his wife, calling her a \u201cfighter\u201d for always supporting him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis profession is crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cYou live a lifetime in a season in the National Football League. The things that you go through, the ups and the downs and the emotional rollercoaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 It\u2019s not just you. It\u2019s your family. Your wife is with you every step of the way and more. She\u2019ll tell me, \u2018You\u2019re not out there hearing it every single day, you get to go to your office and you don\u2019t have to listen to anything.\u2019 She\u2019s out there fighting, she\u2019s out there fending them off. So, I appreciate that. I got a fighter for a wife \u2026 I\u2019m very proud of that. I\u2019m very happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ingrid was sitting with her in-laws, Jackie and Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh said their daughter, Allison, couldn\u2019t make it to the press conference because she had class. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38232589\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768934714_979_john.jpg\" alt=\"John Harbaugh gave a sweet nod to his wife Ingrid during his introductory press conference as the head coach of the Giants in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. \" class=\"wp-image-38232589\"  \/>John Harbaugh gave a sweet nod to his wife Ingrid during his introductory press conference as the head coach of the Giants in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.  Giants <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur daughter Allison \u2026 she\u2019s at law school trying to survive,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have the most amazing wife and daughter, and it\u2019s just the three of us. The three peas in a pod, that\u2019s what we call ourselves, and its just incredible.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>John and Ingrid met when he was a graduate assistant football coach under his father, Jack, at Western Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Ingrid was working in the team\u2019s baseball office as an undergrad student at the time.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.73559322;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38233187\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-at-12.57.18\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"People walking in an indoor facility.\" class=\"wp-image-38233187\"  \/>Ingrid Harbaugh (l, dress) enters the Giants\u2019 complex. @SNYGiants\/X<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh said that he will start interviewing for coordinators positions and coaches Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We\u2019ll interview candidates] all across the league,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cWe will build the very best coaching staff we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by The Post\u2019s Paul Schwartz about his change of scenery, following 18 seasons in Baltimore, Harbaugh said: \u201cThe skyline is a lot different, I noticed that right away. No two places are ever the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 We\u2019re gonna take everyone of those things we meet head-on and do the best we can with it every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;You guys ready to go to work?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>John Harbaugh says hello to the members of the Giants that are in attendance for his introduction as head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aT4g1XKcXX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aT4g1XKcXX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYGiants\/status\/2013659435894215047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/06\/sports\/john-harbaugh-out-as-ravens-coach-in-seismic-nfl-breakup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ravens parted ways with Harbaugh <\/a>after he finished the 2025 season with an 8-9 record and missed the postseason for the first time since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Harbaugh gave a sweet nod to his wife Ingrid during his introductory press conference as the head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,2909,56,6,9,10,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-691805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-john-harbaugh","10":"tag-new-york-giants","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-entertainment","14":"tag-wags"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115928914003206854","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}