{"id":706041,"date":"2026-01-26T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/706041\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:45:18","slug":"new-york-giants-hiring-chris-horton-as-special-teams-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/706041\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants hiring Chris Horton as special teams coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 25, 2026, 5:23 p.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 hiring Chris Horton as their special teams coordinator, reuniting him with newly appointed head coach John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports that Horton, who has served as the Baltimore Ravens&#8217; special teams coordinator since 2019, will follow Harbaugh to New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Horton previously worked as Baltimore&#8217;s assistant special teams coach from 2014 to 2018, giving him over a decade of direct familiarity with Harbaugh&#8217;s system and philosophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Under Horton&#8217;s direction, the Ravens&#8217; special teams consistently ranked among the NFL&#8217;s best, excelling in areas like kick coverage, returns, and field goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Horton also has prior ties to the Giants organization. As a player, he signed with the team in March of 2012, and was part of their 90-man offseason roster before his release in August of that year.<\/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\">A former safety, Horton was a seventh-round pick by Washington in 2008, earning All-Rookie honors during a three-year tenure there. He transitioned to coaching at UCLA before joining Baltimore&#8217;s staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The move bolsters Harbaugh&#8217;s rebuilding effort with a trusted lieutenant known for discipline and scheme expertise.<\/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\/1769420718_403_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 25, 2026, 5:23 p.m. ET The New York Giants are hiring Chris Horton as their special teams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[95878,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,96069,96070,95882,102674,95896,95891,95888,95895,95906,96071,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-706041","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-tagchris-horton","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsmg-timely","26":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115960763234472039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706041","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=706041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}