Steve Bisciotti, 48, has been the majority owner of the Ravens since 2004. The Severna Park native is a self-made millionaire who founded Aerotek, a staffing company for the aerospace and technology sector, in 1982. Bisciotti spoke this week about the Ravens’ surprising run to the AFC Championship Game and their future.
What have you learned about first-year coach John Harbaugh?
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I think he’s done a great job. John is just such a wonderful communicator and he’s a very considerate person. I got to know John, but I also got to know his whole family this year, and they are a wonderful group. I’m very lucky. I got to see his dad and his brother within 10 minutes after [losing to the Steelers], and I just said I’m very happy to know the Harbaugh family. And it is a family. It’s the way he was raised. It’s the way he was taught to treat people. And, I think the Ravens are going to benefit from that upbringing.”
Are you satisfied with your team’s performance this season?
If you’re a successful organization, you’re going to set yourself up for this kind of disappointment. We want to be a player, we want to be an elite team, and hopefully, this is the beginning of that. I don’t think many teams experienced the last four years from six wins to 13, down to five and then up to 11 like we have. So, we’ve got to smooth that out and, hopefully, this guy [Harbaugh] is going to help us do that.
As an owner, how would you like the Ravens to be characterized?
There are some great images out there, like what the Patriots have done. They’ve continued to lose coaches and lose great players and continued to grow. I think that success breeds success, and I think we’re on the way. We’ve got a group of guys here, and I think that they want to play for John Harbaugh. That’s a great start for us.
What does Ray Lewis mean to the Ravens?
There are very few people that I know in sports that transcend their statistics. We had the luxury of watching Cal Ripken simultaneously do the same thing to the Orioles. I think they bring a sense of continuity, a sense of leadership that we’re all looking for.
