Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh nonetheless seems to have an in depth relationship along with his former quarterback, Colin Kaepernick.
Harbaugh and Kaepernick spent the 2011–14 seasons collectively in San Francisco after they have been each with the 49ers.
Earlier this yr, Harbaugh spoke with USA In the present day Sports activities and revealed he contacted Kaepernick to discover the opportunity of the previous NFL quarterback becoming a member of the Chargers’ teaching employees.
Harbaugh mentioned he spoke to Kaepernick shortly after he took the pinnacle teaching job in Los Angeles. In August, Harbaugh confirmed Kaepernick wouldn’t be a part of the employees for the 2024 season.
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Colin Kaepernick makes a visitor look on “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Todd Owyoung/NBC by way of Getty Photographs)
“I really like Colin, however he is not going to be on the teaching employees, which is ready for this yr. And he is not going to be taking part in on the roster both,” Harbaugh mentioned after a Chargers observe in August.
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Kaepernick made a visitor look on “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon” this week, and he clarified whether or not he was supplied a training position.
Jim Harbaugh watches former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick throw passes at halftime of the Michigan spring recreation April 2, 2022, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. (Kirthmon F. Dozier/USA In the present day Community)
“It’s not true,” Kaepernick advised Fallon. The previous Niners star added he realized concerning the state of affairs when he seemed on social media.
“I came upon the identical method everybody else did — on social media. I used to be like, ‘Oh, I obtained a training provide.’ No, no teaching provide.”
Fallon proceeded to ask Kaepernick whether or not he can be open to teaching within the NFL in some unspecified time in the future, however the former quarterback made it clear his soccer pursuits stay in taking part in the sport, not teaching.
“No real interest in teaching,” Kaepernick responded. “I would like the adrenaline rush of taking part in and being in it, or I feel I can have extra affect elsewhere with my time.”
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh on the sideline throughout the second quarter in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh Sept. 22, 2024. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Photographs)
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Nonetheless, Harbaugh stays assured in Kaepernick’s teaching potential and praised the previous signal-caller for his “soccer thoughts.”
“I’ve thought that for a very long time. Simply the respect that I’ve for the soccer thoughts he has and the soccer man that he’s,” Harbaugh mentioned in August. “[Late Raiders owner] Al Davis noticed one thing in me that made him assume I might be a very good coach, and I see those self same qualities in Colin. Whether it is one thing he chooses.”
Kaepernick has not appeared in an NFL recreation since 2016. Nevertheless, he has expressed curiosity in taking part in for the U.S. flag soccer crew within the Olympics. The game can be included within the 2028 Summer season Video games in Los Angeles.
“Hopefully we’ll be on the market,” Kaepernick advised Sky Sports activities. “We’re gonna work on some issues, see if we are able to make it in there. However we might like to be on the market.”
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