After 3-14 season, former Alabama coordinator keeps his job as New York Giants coach
The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday night after a 23-16 victory on the final Sunday of the NFL’s 2024 regular season left the team with a 4-13 record.
The Jacksonville Jaguars fired coach Doug Pederson on Monday morning after a 26-23 overtime loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday left the team with a 4-13 showing for 2024.
But on Monday morning, the New York Giants announced Brian Daboll would return for a fourth season as their coach after they closed a 3-14 campaign with a 20-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
Giants President John Mara said New York wouldn’t join the five teams already looking for head coaches for the 2025 season.
“Now that our season is over, we felt it necessary to make this statement,” Mara said in a release from the team. “(General manager) Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll will continue in their respective roles with the organization. As disappointing as the results of the season have been, (co-owner) Steve (Tisch) and I remain confident in the process that Joe and Brian have implemented and their vision for our team. We look forward to the future and achieving the results we all desire.”
Daboll went 9-7-1 and won a playoff game in his first season at the helm in New York in 2022. The Giants slumped to 6-11 in 2023 before winning half that many games in 2024.
New York holds the third pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and could have a quarterback at the top of its wish list. The Giants signed Daniel Jones to a four-year, $160 million contract extension in 2023. The quarterback played in 16 games over the past two seasons before the New York released him on Nov. 27.
Daboll joined the Giants after four seasons as the Buffalo Bills’ offensive coordinator.
The Bills hired Daboll after he served as the offensive coordinator for Alabama’s 2017 CFP national-championship team.
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In addition to the Patriots and Jaguars, the Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and New York Jets have coaching vacancies. The Bears, Saints and Jets finished the 2024 season under interim head coaches.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.