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Giants GM Joe Schoen insisted at the Scouting Combine that his responsibility for leading football operations remains unchanged, even as John Harbaugh’s increased ownership-level influence and Dawn Aponte’s strategic role reshape the team’s leadership dynamic.
The New York Giants have hired former Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy as their new OC, reuniting him with head coach John Harbaugh to run the offense in 2025. Nagy, who guided Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City and helped the Chiefs to top offensive marks, will work with QB Jaxson Dart to energize a unit that has faced recent struggles.
Reactions to Matt Nagy’s hiring as the New York Giants’ offensive coordinator are mixed among Big Blue View writers: some praise his experience and culture, while others question his distinct offensive philosophy and fit for a young quarterback room, noting his ties to Andy Reid and the potential blend of a New West Coast style with RPOs and Air Raid concepts.
Giants' latest news covers Chad Hall's promotion to wide receivers coach, a look at Shane Day as offensive coordinator candidate, John Harbaugh's plan to raise the team's standard, and co-owner Steve Tisch's Epstein-files controversy drawing scrutiny of ownership and leadership.
The New York Giants have hired Ravens-connected coaches Dennard Wilson as defensive coordinator and Chris Horton as special teams coordinator/assistant head coach, reuniting with John Harbaugh’s staff strategy to boost the defense and kicking game. Wilson, previously Ravens defensive backs coach after stints with the Eagles and Jets, arrives after the Titans stint and a prior near-miss with Giants. Horton, a longtime Harbaugh colleague and former Ravens special-teams coordinator, is returning to the Giants after a playing and coaching arc that includes time with UCLA. The hires cap two of the team’s most important staff moves as the Giants also pursue an offensive coordinator and navigate Rooney Rule interviews, hoping to improve special-teams performance and complement their young investments.
John Harbaugh will build his first Giants staff by retaining only two Daboll-era assistants—outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen and tight ends coach Tim Kelly—while Carmen Bricillo isn’t expected back; the Giants will replace the rest with Harbaugh’s hires, keeping core players under contract and seeking continuity from the new coaches.
Dart says he’s bought into Harbaugh’s winning culture and is excited for a ‘whole lot of winning’ with the Giants, even though on-field work must wait as the Harbaugh era begins.
The Baltimore Ravens hired 42-year-old Jesse Minter, a former Ravens assistant and the Los Angeles Chargers’ defensive coordinator, as head coach after firing John Harbaugh. After interviewing more than a dozen candidates, Baltimore touts Minter’s leadership and fit with the team’s culture as it aims to restore its defensive edge and help Lamar Jackson rebound following an injury-plagued season.
Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is fired up about pursuing a Super Bowl under new head coach John Harbaugh, who selected him as a linchpin to turn around a franchise that hasn’t reached the Divisional Round since 2011. Dart praised Harbaugh’s competitive approach and said he’s bought into the coach’s vision as the team begins building a winning culture and a path to glory in New York.
In an exclusive interview, Jaxson Dart says he's fired up to be coached by John Harbaugh and to pursue a Super Bowl-winning relationship with his head coach, signaling the start of a potential Harbaugh-Dart era with the Giants.
Baltimore hired Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, 42, to be the Ravens’ next head coach, replacing John Harbaugh who was fired earlier this month. A former Ravens defensive assistant, Minter has deep Harbaugh ties and previously worked with Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh, and he helped the Chargers post top-five defensive metrics since 2024. He interviewed with several teams but chose Baltimore, marking his first head coaching job with the expectation to uphold the Ravens’ standard of excellence.
An opinion piece arguing the Giants must enact decisive, sweeping leadership and staff changes under John Harbaugh to escape a long pattern of self-protective, half-measures seen in the Bills and past Giants’ regimes; only root-and-brand changes—demoting or removing key personnel across coaching, analytics, and PR—will prevent the team from sinking into the same old dysfunction.
Tom Coughlin pressured Giants ownership to pursue John Harbaugh after the Ravens coach became available; Chris Mara traveled to Baltimore and, through a series of meetings and hard-nosed discussions about ownership, facilities and culture, helped seal the deal. Harbaugh impressed as a principled leader who fits the Giants’ football-first ethos, and the Hawks-turned-Giants leadership laid the groundwork for the hire by acting decisively rather than reacting to other openings.
In an exclusive interview with The Post, Tom Coughlin says he encouraged Giants co-owner Chris Mara to meet John Harbaugh, framing it as a great idea and clarifying that the famous line about telling Mara to “get your ass down there” was more jest than directive, effectively helping bring Harbaugh and the Giants together.
Giants GM Joe Schoen downplayed the notion that head coach John Harbaugh would have the final say on football decisions, saying the final say is just a paper arrangement and emphasizing collaboration and a shared process to reach the best decisions for the Giants.