what teams did jim harbaugh play for?
Chicago Bears
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 In 1985 , following in the footsteps of Einhorn who had purchased a United States Football League franchise in 1984 , he purchased the Chicago Bulls as part of a syndicate for US $ 16 million and quickly turned the team from one that averaged 6 @,@ 365 fans per game at the 17 @,@ 339 @-@ seat Chicago Stadium in 1985 into one with an 8 @,@ 000 @-@ person season ticket waiting list . He did so by drafting Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen , and trading for Bill Cartwright to join John Paxson and Michael Jordan under the tutelage of head coach Doug Collins . In 1989 , the team signed Phil Jackson as the final piece of the championship puzzle . From November 20 , 1987 through Jordan 's 1999 retirement the Bulls sold out every game . 

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 Several other professional football leagues have been formed since the AFL @-@ NFL merger , though none have had the success of the AFL . In 1974 , the World Football League formed and was able to attract such stars as Larry Csonka away from the NFL with lucrative contracts . However , most of the WFL franchises were insolvent and the league folded in 1975 ; the Memphis Southmen , the team that had signed Csonka and the most financially stable of the teams , unsuccessfully sued to join the NFL . 

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 As a result of Leon Hess ' death in May 1999 , the team was put up for auction in January 2000 . In a bidding war between Charles F. Dolan and Woody Johnson , Johnson emerged victorious , and he purchased the team for $ 635 million . Johnson expressed interest in having Parcells return to his coaching role ; the team elevated linebackers coach Al Groh to the head coaching position when Parcells refused . 

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 The selection of center Sam Bowie with the No. 2 pick in the 1984 NBA draft over Michael Jordan ( who was then drafted by the Chicago Bulls ) ; other notable players taken later in that draft include future Hall @-@ of @-@ Famers Charles Barkley and John Stockton . 

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 Atlanta businessman William R. " Bill " Putnam was awarded an expansion franchise for Birmingham in the upstart World Football League and secured a lease to play at Legion Field . The five original investors in Alabama Football , Inc . , all Atlanta businessmen , were majority owner Bill Putnam , Cecil Day , Lon Day , Jay Donnelly , and Erv Plesko . Between them they had already invested over $ 1 @.@ 5 million in the franchise and hoped to find ten investors in Birmingham to buy in for an additional $ 150 @,@ 000 each . Unable to find local investors for the team , Putnam threatened to move the Americans from Birmingham before the start of the 1974 season . However , with more than 10 @,@ 000 season tickets sold before the first game , the team 's position in Birmingham was secured for the year . 
