Tom Crean's frowny face in the stands of brother-in-law Jim Harbaugh's national title game turned into a meme
Veteran college basketball coach Tom Crean showed up to support his brother-in-law Jim Harbaugh as his Michigan Wolverines played in Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game.
However, he didn’t look too thrilled to be there.
The ESPN game camera caught a very bored, frowning Crean in the stands watching Jim Harbaugh’s Wolverines play the Washington Huskies.
Crean is married to Joani Harbaugh, who he met at Western Kentucky while he was an assistant basketball coach and Jack Harbaugh, Joani’s father, was WKU’s head football coach.
Now, Crean is waiting for his next hoops opportunity while Jim Harbaugh coaches Michigan in the national title and his brother John Harbaugh preps the Baltimore Ravens for a Super Bowl run.
They say a photo tells a thousand words, and this one sure does.
— No Context College Basketball (@ContextFreeCBB) January 9, 2024
While Crean might just be daydreaming about anything else than the game going on the field, it’s hard not to think he’s got dreams of coaching in a Final Four game sometime soon once he gets back into coaching.
Perhaps the Harbaugh family will turn out in full force for that game. For now, it’ll be Crean in the stands to watch his brother-in-laws succeed.
Naturally, the internet turned this reaction into a meme.
Feature image courtesy of ESPN.