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In Iowa City, Jim Harbaugh reunited with the driver who hit him when he was a kid
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Jim Harbaugh can go through his rolodex and connect with pretty much anybody.
Even the guy who ran him over with his car when he was a kid.
While the Michigan coach was in Iowa City, he reunited with the man he shared a dangerous encounter with.
He tweeted out a picture of them together:
With Dan McGivern of Iowa City. Driver, when I ran into traffic & took on his car @ age 6 #LifeSaver #DefiningMoment pic.twitter.com/UOM055euuY
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 26, 2017
And ever the salesman, Harbaugh made sure his old pal got some free advertising:
For comprehensive Life Insurance coverage, call Dan McGivern at 319-351-4307 pic.twitter.com/m0d0Af1TpQ
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 26, 2017
Perhaps more interesting than that was the reason Harbaugh was in Iowa City. Four-star Iowa City receiver Oliver Martin saw his recruitment blow up since the U.S. Army All-American Bowl a couple weeks ago.
The likes of Michigan, Ohio State and UCLA joined Iowa, Michigan State and Notre Dame in the recruiting frenzy. Martin reportedly will take an official visit to Michigan lined up before National Signing Day next week.
Perhaps Harbaugh will steal another recruit from a B1G team’s backyard.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.