{"id":749513,"date":"2026-02-13T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749513\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:12:14","slug":"ny-giants-news-charlie-bullen-will-stay-get-run-game-coordinator-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749513\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants news: Charlie Bullen will stay, get run game coordinator title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New York Giants fans got some good news on Friday morning with the report that the team is retaining outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen. Mike Garafolo of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2022282354908139651\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL Network is reporting<\/a> that Bullen has pulled out of the defensive coordinator searches for which he was a candidate and will instead remain on John Harbaugh\u2019s staff &#8212; with the additional title of \u201cRun Game Coordinator\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Garafolo adds that Bullen will also receive a contract extension to stay with the Giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bullen, 41, was an undeniable bright spot on the Giants\u2019 defensive staff made a name for himself last year. First he helped Brian Burns have a DPOY caliber season and set a career high in sacks, and then raised the level the entire defense as interim defensive coordinator after Shane Bowen was fired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Not only did Bullen help to tap Abdul Carter\u2019s incredible upside over the final quarter of the season, but his commitment to an attention to detail and practicing fundamentals allowed the entire defense to play better. The Giants\u2019 squad was playing noticeably faster and more technically sound football after a couple weeks under Bullen, enough so that it raised questions of how good the defense could have been with him as defensive coordinator from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That, in turn, led to Bullen getting multiple requests to interview for open defensive coordinator positions, most notably with the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Giants may not have Bullen for long, and he\u2019s expected to once again be a popular candidate next coaching cycle, but they\u2019ll at least have him for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants fans got some good news on Friday morning with the report that the team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,81078,1207],"class_list":{"0":"post-749513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-york-giants-coaching-staff","10":"tag-new-york-giants-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116063970607687083","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749513","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=749513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}