Harbaugh Says Kaepernick Will Not Be a Player or Coach With the Chargers This Season

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick arrives for a workout in front of NFL scouts and media members in Riverdale, Ga., on Nov. 16, 2019. Todd Kirkland/AP Photo,

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—If Colin Kaepernick wants to join the Los Angeles Chargers, it will not be until next year at the earliest.

And it would only be as a member of Jim Harbaugh’s coaching staff.