{"id":668349,"date":"2026-01-11T08:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668349\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T08:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:39:14","slug":"president-donald-trump-implores-new-york-giants-to-hire-john-harbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668349\/","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump implores New York Giants to hire John Harbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 10, 2026, 4:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">President Donald Trump took to <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115872664324587956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Truth Social<\/a> on Saturday to urge the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> to hire John Harbaugh as their next head coach, calling the decorated veteran a &#8220;winner&#8221; who could restore championship pedigree to the franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The endorsement comes amid reported mutual interest between Harbaugh and the Giants. Multiple insiders indicate the former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" data-autotag=\"6f9d8950-4e8a-4277-ba96-ee5ce9eb842e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> coach, fresh off 18 seasons and a Super Bowl title, &#8220;really likes&#8221; the Giants organization, while team brass is &#8220;all in&#8221; on landing him for the vacant head coaching position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Harbaugh is said to be studying film on rookie quarterbacks like Giants&#8217; Jaxson Dart and Tennessee Titans&#8217; Cam Ward as he prepares for a potential role. Other reports suggest he seeks some personnel influence and collaborative power alongside general manager Joe Schoen, though not total roster control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A formal interview is expected as early as next week, with the Giants prioritizing Harbaugh over other potential suitors like Kevin Stefanski and Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768120754_870_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 10, 2026, 4:40 p.m. ET President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to urge the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[95878,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,96069,96070,95882,95898,97224,97223,95891,95895,95899,96737,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-668349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","17":"tag-sstsngiants","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","20":"tag-tagdonald-trump","21":"tag-tagexecutive-branch","22":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagpolitics","26":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115875569012021708","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}