{"id":701333,"date":"2026-01-24T11:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/701333\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:28:13","slug":"willie-taggart-will-join-new-york-giants-staff-in-some-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/701333\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Taggart will join New York Giants&#8217; staff in some capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 24, 2026, 5:08 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">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> are adding Willie Taggart to new head coach John Harbaugh&#8217;s staff, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ian_OConnor\/status\/2014772753404928134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">reports The Athletic&#8217;s Ian O&#8217;Connor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Taggart, who served as assistant head coach and running backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens the past two seasons, is expected to take a similar position-coach role in East Rutherford. His addition brings proven run-game expertise, having played a key part in sustaining Derrick Henry&#8217;s dominance during his time in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Just days ago, the Giants formally requested <a href=\"http:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2026\/01\/22\/new-york-giants-request-interview-willie-taggard-vacant-offensive-coordinator-job\/88298090007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">permission to interview Taggart<\/a> for their vacant offensive coordinator position. While he was considered for the role, reports indicate the interview primarily helped toward satisfying the NFL&#8217;s Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview at least two minority candidates for senior coaching jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants are widely expected to hire Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken as their OC instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Taggart&#8217;s deep ties to the Harbaugh family make him a natural fit. He was recruited by John and Jim Harbaugh, coached under Jack Harbaugh at Western Kentucky, Jim at Stanford, and John in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\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<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The move has been described as a &#8220;very good addition&#8221; for a Giants staff transitioning under Harbaugh.<\/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\/1769254093_951_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 24, 2026, 5:08 a.m. ET The New York Giants are adding Willie Taggart to new head coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[95878,184,117,2282,7,6,169,96069,96070,95882,95945,95896,95891,95888,95895,95906,96177,95884,95883,102187,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-701333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-baltimoreravens","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ravens","15":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","16":"tag-sstsngiants","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagjohn-harbaugh","19":"tag-tagnational-sports","20":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-positive","24":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","25":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagwillie-taggart","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115949843583125058","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701333","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=701333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}