Harbaugh Salutes Judge Judy to Become Nation's Online Sweetheart (Video)

University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh (left) was an audience member during a 2013 taping of Judge Judy. | Screenshot from Judge Judy

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If success on the football field could be determined by a coach killing it on social media, then after Tuesday, the University of Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh would not only have locked up the national college title for the Wolverines but also the Super Bowl and the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup.

Harbaugh captivated football fans and the general public after news spread Tuesday, March 3, that the recently hired football head coach and a team staffer stopped to help two women who were in a serious, single-vehicle crash on Interstate-94 in Ann Arbor.

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But he didn’t stop there.

The former San Francisco 49ers coach continued the charm offensive later Tuesday afternoon, with a sincere tweet congratulating Judge Judy Sheindlin on her new TV contract:

Big Congrats to Judge Judy on signing her contract extension thru 2020 from a Devout Fan!

— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) March 3, 2015

Harbaugh is an unabashed fan of the TV justice and appeared in her courtroom as a gallery spectator during a 2013 taping.

A little rain, however, did fall on Harbaugh on Tuesday while he was basking in social media’s sunbeam. The 49ers removed a Harbaugh exhibit and memorabilia, as well as most of the references of the coach’s tenure with the team from its official museum, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.