Jim Harbaugh says he has ‘unfinished business’ in NFL

Jim Harbaugh sounds like a coach who still has one eye on the NFL.

The 58-year-old doesn’t regret his pursuit of the Vikings’ head-coaching job and admitted falling short of winning a Super Bowl with the 49ers is “unfinished business.” Yet, he is also happy to still be coaching at Michigan, his alma mater.

“I don’t apologize for taking a look,” Harbaugh said in an interview that aired on ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday, referring to his interest in coaching the Vikings, who opted for Kevin O’Connell instead. “And the one that doesn’t get printed is I don’t apologize for wanting to be at Michigan. Seem to cut off that last part of it. And that’s where [I’m] at, happy as can be.”

Harbaugh is coming off his first trip to the College Football Playoff and first win over Ohio State. The Wolverines are loaded on offense this year and could return to the Playoff. But Harbaugh isn’t ruling out going back to the NFL, either.

“One of the things that was really kind of driving me is, you know, we were in San Francisco, we got that close to winning the Super Bowl,” Harbaugh said. “That’s always been a thing. There’s unfinished business there. But, hey, winning the national championship, [I] could be really happy with that, too. So that’s the goal. That’s the one we’re chasing.”

For now, at least.