The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Their stadium is located in Inglewood, California. There have been 18 coaches in San Diego and Los Angeles franchise history, including Sid Gillman, who coached the Los Angeles Chargers' first and only season in 1960 before the team's move to San Diego, California in 1961. The current head coach is Jim Harbaugh, who was hired on January 24, 2024. Harbaugh replaced Giff Smith, who served as interim head coach after the firing of Brandon Staley in the 2023 season.