{"id":749994,"date":"2026-02-13T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749994\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:03:12","slug":"ex-giants-special-teams-coordinator-michael-ghobrial-joining-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749994\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Giants special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial joining Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Giants special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial joining Cardinals<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feb. 13, 2026, 2:05 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a href=\"http:\/\/Giantswire.usatoday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> special teams coach Michael Ghobrial is set to join the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>\u2019 coaching staff. Ghobrial served as the New York Jets\u2019 assistant special teams coordinator (2021-23) in his first NFL coaching role. The Jets led the NFL in kickoff yards per game allowed at 15.3 yards conceded in 2023. He then served as 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\">Giants<\/a>\u2019 special teams coordinator from 2024-25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport reports that Ghobrial has landed his next job in the National Football League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Cardinals made the sixth-fewest field goals in the NFL in 2025 (25). Arizona\u2019s 75.8 percent field goal clip was third-worst. The Cardinals were, however, one of only eight teams to post a perfect point-after attempt conversion rate last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ghobrial takes over for Jeff Rodgers as the Cardinals\u2019 special teams coordinator.<\/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\/02\/1771012992_543_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\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>\u00a9 2026 giantswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-Giants special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial joining Cardinals Feb. 13, 2026, 2:05 p.m. ET Former New York Giants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,96069,96070,95882,95890,95896,95891,95888,95895,95899,96177,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-749994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","16":"tag-sstsngiants","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagnational-sports","20":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","25":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749994","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=749994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}