After about 64 hours of angst, it\u2019s officially official.<\/p>\n
John Harbaugh is the head coach of the New York Giants.<\/p>\n
The Giants and Harbaugh signed a five-year contract on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank John Mara, Steve Tisch, Chris Mara, and Joe Schoen for the opportunity to lead the New York Giants,\u201d Harbaugh said in a statement released by the team. \u201cTo serve as this franchise\u2019s head coach is a tremendous honor. I come from a football family, and I have deep respect for the history and tradition of this organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited to begin assembling our staff and getting to work building our team. I would like to sincerely thank Steve Bisciotti and the Baltimore Ravens organization for 18 remarkable years, including the opportunity to become a head coach in the National Football League.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy family and I are grateful for the welcome we\u2019ve already felt, and we look forward to becoming part of the Giants family.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two sides verbally agreed late Wednesday night but then spent all of Thursday, Friday and some of Saturday hashing out the details in writing of a complicated contract.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because Harbaugh, 63, is the most accomplished coach that the Giants have ever hired with 180 regular-season wins and a Super Bowl on his resume.<\/p>\n
The longtime Ravens coach reportedly wanted clarity on a numerous of issues regarding the Giants\u2019 organizational structure and preferred a situation to what he had in Baltimore where he reported directly to the owner \u2014 not the general manager.<\/p>\n
The Giants have long had the head coach report to the GM, but Harbaugh will have more power than any head coach in recent memory. This is a franchise that has a 44-104-1 record since 2017 and needs sweeping changes in order to return to stability and winning again, which they had under two-time Super Bowl champion Tom Coughlin from 2014-15.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout our conversations, John stood out for his clarity, competitiveness and approach for building a sustainable winning program,\u201d GM Joe Schoen said. \u201cHe has a strong track record of developing players, building cohesive staffs, and setting a clear standard of accountability. We are excited to work with John in moving this team in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harbaugh will reportedly make somewhere around $20 million, which would match the Chiefs\u2019 Andy Reid for the highest head coaching salary in the NFL.<\/p>\n
The Giants will host a press conference to formally introduce Harbaugh on Tuesday at noon at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford.<\/p>\n
\u201cJohn is a proven winner whose teams are disciplined, resilient, and prepared,\u201d Giants\u00a0 co-owner chairman Steve Tisch. \u201cHis passion for the game, his ability to connect with players, and his experience leading at the highest level made him an outstanding fit for us, and we\u2019re excited to move forward together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Giants also held in-person interviews with former Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski, former Packers and Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, former Falcons head coach Raheem Morris, former Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce (also a former Giants linebacker and captain) and interim head coach Mike Kafka.<\/p>\n
They had virtual interviews with Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, Broncos special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi, Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak and Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoe Schoen presented us an outstanding group of candidates, which allowed us to be deliberate and confident in this decision,\u201d co-owner and team president John Mara said. \u201cThrough numerous conversations, John consistently stood out for his conviction and vision for leading a winning organization, and we welcome him and his family to the Giants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After about 64 hours of angst, it\u2019s officially official. John Harbaugh is the head coach of the New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,7,56,6,9,41877],"class_list":{"0":"post-686067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnatibengals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-top-stories-trt"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115915177540192413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686067","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=686067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}