Eight years after the Chargers left San Diego, the organization is reintroducing itself to the city with two days of training camp this week.

The Los Angeles Chargers return to San Diego for practice at USD, drawing mixed reactions from loyal fans who stayed with the team and others still bitter about their 2017 departure.

When word went public that Jim Harbaugh was taking the Chargers back to San Diego for training camp sessions this summer, not everyone was pleased, to say the least. That, despite the University of San Diego being Harbaugh’s first coaching stop.

Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh speaks with the media on Day 5 of 2025 Training Camp. Harbaugh discusses Philip Rivers retiring as a Charger, the viral clip of him watching quarterback Justin Herbert through a curtain during a drill,

The Chargers returned to San Diego on Tuesday for the first time since they bolted for Los Angeles eight years ago, holding the first of two practices at the small college stadium where Jim Harbaugh began his head coaching career in the mid-2000s.

Incredible,” Harbaugh says upon his return Tuesday to the University of San Diego, where he began his head coaching career in 2004. The team will practice there again Wednesday.

The Chargers returned to San Diego on Tuesday for the first time since they bolted for Los Angeles eight years ago, holding the first of two practices at the small college stadium where Jim Harbaugh began his head coaching career in the mid-2000s.