Brian Daboll needs to come up with some answers for the New York Giants, quickly.
He led the team to a playoff win in his first season as head coach but has been 9-27 since. A recent report from Tony Pauline of Sportskeeda says Daboll could be close to the end of his tenure in The Big Apple if he doesn’t lead the Giants back to their winning ways.
If Daboll was ousted who would be some good candidates to replace him?
Candidates to replace Brian Daboll as head coach
Bill Belichick
The six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach has a history as a member of the Giants and facing against them.
New York was where Belichick began his career in 1979 as a special teams coach. He became the defensive coordinator in 1985 where he helped lead the Giants to two Super Bowls before leaving for Cleveland in 1990.
He also lost two Super Bowls to New York in 2008 and 2012 as the head coach of the New England Patriots.
When Belichick was on the coaching market last year, it was reported that he didn’t want to coach the team through a rebuild and that Daboll would be the man for the job.
But would he change his mind a year later after trudging through the college ranks as a coach at UNC? Maybe he views New York as further in the rebuild and if Daboll was fired it would give Belichick the green light.
Steve Spagnuolo
Spags is another coach that has history with the Giants. He was defensive coordinator for the team and even served as interim head coach for four games in 2017.
Unlike Belichick, he hasn’t been considered seriously for head coaching opportunities in recent years. He’s won four Super Bowls as a defensive coordinator, one with New York and three with Kansas City, but hasn’t been reported as a candidate often.
Spagnuolo was a head coach for the Rams from 2009-2011 where he compiled a 10-38 record. Would New York give him another shot to prove himself in a lead role?
It would be a sharp turn from the offensive-minded Daboll but that could be what the Giants need.
Joe Brady
This would be a rewind of the same circumstances that brought the Giants their old head coach.
Daboll was once the offensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills, hailed for his work in developing Josh Allen. Joe Brady has seen much of the same success since joining Buffalo as a quarterbacks coach in 2022. He was eventually promoted to OC in 2024.
Brady, unlike the other two candidates list here, has never held a head coaching job. He gained notoriety as LSU’s passing game coordinator when the Tigers won the national title in 2019.
He could bring fresh ideas and a young face to an offense that could soon be led by rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart.
Regardless of any candidate’s resume, Daboll is still the head coach of the Giants entering week 3 of the season. He could be replaced as late as the end of the season or right the ship and retain the job.
One thing is certain, wins are expected and soon in New York.
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