{"id":695410,"date":"2026-01-22T04:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/695410\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T04:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:03:13","slug":"ny-giants-news-john-harbaugh-lets-most-defensive-assistant-coaches-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/695410\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants news: John Harbaugh lets most defensive assistant coaches go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to the Post, assistant coaches Andre Patterson (defensive line), John Egorugwu (inside linebackers), Marquand Manuel (secondary coach\/pass game coordinator) and Jeff Burris (cornerbacks) will not be retained. Assistant defensive line coach Bryan Cox had previously been fired by interim head coach Mike Kafka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bullen, the outside linebackers coach, did an excellent job as interim defensive coordinator after taking over for the fired Shane Bowen. Bullen has a previous relationship with GM Joe Schoen, and has also been getting interviews for vacant defensive coordinator positions. Bullen, per the Post, is not yet guaranteed to remain on Harbaugh\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The defense massively underperformed in 2025 under Bowen. When Brian Daboll was fired as head coach in the middle of the 2025 season and GM Joe Schoen was retained, ownership made it clear that it felt the Giants\u2019 biggest issue had been coaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The fate of offensive coaches is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In what might be a sign of changes yet to come, though, Harbaugh is the only coach currently listed on the team\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo might have an inside track on returning, especially since Harbaugh\u2019s father, Jack, has apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/art_stapleton\/status\/2013698143242641743\" rel=\"nofollow\">recommended he be kept<\/a>. Jack Harbaugh was head coach at Western Michigan from 1982-1986 and Western Kentucky from 1989-2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Todd Monken, John Harbaugh\u2019s offensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens the past three seasons, is considered the favorite to become the Giants\u2019 offensive coordinator. He is, though, still under consideration for the Cleveland Browns\u2019 head-coaching vacancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jim Leonhard, defensive pass game coordinator for the Denver Broncos, is a possibility for defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Harbaugh had said after his introductory press conference on Tuesday that he hoped to speak to a number of his former Baltimore assistant coaches about coming to the Giants. One who will not be coming to New Jersey is Baltimore special teams coordinator Charlie Horton. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-ravens-block-st-coordinator-chris-horton-from-making-a-lateral-move\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ravens have blocked him from interviewing for lateral jobs<\/a>, and may also do the same with other coaches Harbaugh may want to poach. They cannot prevent coaches from interviewing for promotions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Post, assistant coaches Andre Patterson (defensive line), John Egorugwu (inside linebackers), Marquand Manuel (secondary coach\/pass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,81078,1207,2321,2469,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-695410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-new-york-giants-coaching-staff","13":"tag-new-york-giants-news","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115936769484294019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695410","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=695410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}