{"id":749019,"date":"2026-02-13T10:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749019\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:31:24","slug":"jim-harbaugh-and-mike-mcdaniel-spotted-courtside-at-lakers-vs-mavs-game-as-chargers-build-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749019\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Harbaugh and Mike McDaniel spotted courtside at Lakers vs. Mavs game as Chargers build chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> head coach Jim Harbaugh and newly hired<\/a> offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel<\/a> were seated courtside on Thursday night at Crypto.com<\/a> Arena for the Mavericks vs. Lakers game.<\/p>\n

Harbaugh and McDaniel have been complimentary towards each other since McDaniel was hired, but during the game they looked like offensive collaborators sharing their thoughts about the upcoming season in real time.<\/p>\n

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Harbaugh, had led the Chargers to the playoffs in each of his first two seasons at the helm. McDaniel, who was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins for the last four seasons, is known as a schematic savant whose ready to bring spacing and speed to the Chargers high-potent offense led by Justin Herbert.<\/p>\n

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Harbaugh and McDaniel have been complimentary towards each other since McDaniel was hired. AP<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin spotted the duo right away and posted a photo of them mid-conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best NFL coaching duo,\u201d wrote one Chargers\u2019 fan in the replies.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSomeone please mic them up,\u201d wrote one user.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre they drawing up offensive plays on a napkin?\u201d joked another.<\/p>\n

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With the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks trading blows in front of them, the Chargers\u2019 new offensive brain trust could be thinking of ways unlock Herbert<\/a> by merging Harbaugh\u2019s run-first offense with McDaniel\u2019s motion-heavy creativity.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to overread a courtside sighting. But chemistry shows up in small tells: shared laughs, synchronized posture, the comfort of silence. On a hardwood night in L.A., Harbaugh and McDaniel looked aligned. And that\u2019s the kind of snapshot that sticks, long after the final buzzer fades.<\/p>\n