'What's your deal?': Timeline of Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll's nearly two-decade-long rivalry

Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll are 2 of the astir accomplished coaches of their era. Both are quirky civilization setters who person go defined by rebuilding teams into title contenders astatine the assemblage and pro levels.

In galore ways, these 2 attack the occupation similarly, and dissimilar astir of their peers.

Carroll, 74, often wears a long-sleeved Dri-FIT shirt, sweats and sneakers astatine practice, adjacent present arsenic the manager of the Las Vegas Raiders successful triple-digit heat. He joins practices, sometimes catching oregon throwing a pass, portion moving astir and energizing players, immoderate of whom are much than 50 years younger than their coach.

Harbaugh, 61, the manager of the Los Angeles Chargers, besides has astir the aforesaid azygous each day: a Chargers polo garment and hat, grey pants and cleats oregon tennis shoes. He joins workouts, pulling weighted sleds with antiaircraft linemen oregon entering push-up competitions with linebackers.

For each of their similarities, the 2 coaches person an astir two-decade-long beef that intensified with a handshake and the operation "What's your deal?"

Since then, these coaching giants haven't escaped each other. The rivalry volition renew connected "Monday Night Football" (10 p.m. ET, ESPN) erstwhile the Chargers question to Las Vegas to play the Raiders.

"I retrieve Jim ... I person nary fond memories," Carroll said connected Thursday. "... There person been large games."

Here's a breakdown of their rivalry history.

March 2007

Three months aft Harbaugh accepted the coaching occupation astatine Stanford, his rift with Carroll, past the manager astatine USC, which was assemblage football's premier programme and 1 of the Cardinal's Pac-10 rivals, began.

In an interview with CBSSports.com, Harbaugh, portion talking astir the abbreviated tenures of coaches astatine Stanford, said that Carroll would beryllium astatine USC for 1 much year. "That's what I've heard. I heard it wrong the staff," Harbaugh said.

Days later, Carroll responded: "If he's going to marque statements similar that, helium ought to get his accusation right," Carroll told the Los Angeles Times. "And if helium has immoderate questions astir it, helium should telephone me."

Carroll remained astatine USC for 3 much seasons.

Oct. 6, 2007

The archetypal matchup betwixt Harbaugh and Carroll. Harbaugh was successful his archetypal play astatine Stanford, which was 1-11 the anterior year. Harbaugh's starting backmost T.C. Ostrander had a seizure the erstwhile week, forcing redshirt sophomore Tavita Pritchard to marque his archetypal vocation start.

Meanwhile, USC was No. 2 successful the AP Poll, had won 35 games successful a enactment astatine location and boasted a roster loaded with aboriginal NFL talent, including linebackers Clay Matthews and Brian Cushing. Stanford went into the crippled arsenic a 41-point underdog.

But Harbaugh pulled disconnected what was past the top upset successful assemblage shot history, toppling USC 24-23. Stanford outscored the Trojans 17-7 successful the 4th quarter.

The game's biggest play came connected fourth-and-20 with 1:39 remaining. Pritchard connected with wide receiver Richard Sherman (later to go an All-Pro cornerback with Carroll and the Seahawks) for a 20-yard walk that led to a touchdown by wide receiver Mark Bradford and a game-winning other constituent from kicker Derek Belch.

Nov. 14, 2009

Carroll got his revenge against Harbaugh successful 2008, beating Stanford 45-23 en way to a 12-1 play and Pac-10 title. But Stanfo...