Ravens announce four-year extension for Harbaugh

The Baltimore Ravens announced a four-year extension with head coach John Harbaugh on Thursday, putting him under contract through 2023. Multiple reports on Saturday said the sides were finalizing an extension, with a few details needed to complete it. The team announced earlier Thursday that Harbaugh would meet the media on Friday, an indication that the deal was done.

Before the extension, Harbaugh was set to enter the final year of his contract. The Ravens announced Dec. 21 that they planned to keep him and would begin discussing an extension. Prior to that announcement, many had speculated about Harbaugh's job security, and some had speculated another team might pursue him via trade. Harbaugh, 56, has spent 11 seasons with the Ravens, making him the fourth-longest-tenured head coach in the NFL behind Bill Belichick (19 years), Mike Tomlin and Sean Payton (12 each). The Ravens have had just three head coaches since arriving in Baltimore in 1996.

After winning a playoff game in each of his first five seasons at the helm -- culminating in a Super Bowl XLVII victory -- Harbaugh and the Ravens had missed the playoffs in four of the last five seasons, including three straight years, before winning the AFC North in 2018. They won six of their final seven regular-season games this year behind quarterback Lamar Jackson, but they were bounced in the first round of the playoffs by the Los Angeles Chargers.

Harbaugh is 114-78 with the Ravens, including 10-6 in the postseason. --Field Level Media