HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh never played for Pete Carroll or coached under him.

However he has a strong sense their relationship would be quite different than it is now if he had those opportunities.

“I bet we would’ve been really good friends,” Harbaugh said. “I learned a lot from him, just watching him, but he’s always been on the other side.”

And now they are again when Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers visit Carroll’s Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night, which also will be Carroll’s 74th birthday.

It’s their first meeting since Dec. 14, 2014, when Carroll’s Seahawks defeated Harbaugh’s 49ers 17-7 in Seattle.

Harbaugh then returned to his alma mater, coaching Michigan to the national championship in 2023 before coming back to the NFL. Carroll stayed in Seattle until the same

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