Giants part ways with head coach Brian Daboll

Brian Daboll’s career with the New York Giants came to an end on Monday when the team allowed another fourth-quarter comeback to doom them, resulting in their eighth loss of the season.

Multiple reports indicated that the team and Daboll have parted ways, which is an abnormal move for an organization that typically likes to wait until the end of the season to decide on coaching changes. He is the second head coach fired by the Giants mid-year since Tom Coughlin left the franchise. The team fired Ben McAdoo before the 2017 season ended.

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The Giants confirmed Daboll’s firing later that day.

“We spoke this morning about the direction of our franchise on the field and have decided that, at this time, it is in our best interest to make a change in the head coaching position,” team president John Mara and president Steve Tisch said in a joint statement.

“The last few seasons have been nothing short of disappointing and we have not met our expectations for this franchise. We understand the frustrations of our fans and will work to deliver a significantly improved product.

“We appreciate Coach Daboll for his contributions to our organization. We wish the Daboll family all the best in the future.”

Daboll was the Buffalo Bills’ offensive coordinator from 2018 to 2021 and is credited with helping turn Josh Allen into an MVP candidate during his tenure. There were hopes he could do the same with Daniel Jones as the two quarterbacks shared similar characteristics.

In Daboll’s first season, the Giants went from 4-13 under head coach Joe Judge to 9-7-1 and made the playoffs. Jones led New York to a road playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings before losing to the Philadelphia Eagles. But there was hope that the Giants could once again be the proud organization they once were on the football field.

Ultimately, injuries and inconsistent play doomed the Daboll era beginning in Year 2. He would never again have a winning record as the Giants’ head coach despite the team ranking first in win/giveaway ratio in 2022. Daboll never had more than six wins in New York after a playoff appearance in his first season as head coach.

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By 2025 there was some hope that New York could turn things around. The team drafted Abdul Carter to join Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence on defense. He took a flight on Jaxson Dart late in the first round of the draft and it has paid dividends for the most part, as the Ole Miss standout has become one of the most exciting players among the rookie class.

The team’s failure to close out games failed to inspire hope during the first 10 weeks of the season.

The Giants’ two wins on the year came at home against the Los Angeles Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles. But games that looked like victories against the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and Bears turned into crushing reminders of how far the team is from playoff contention.

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New York offensive coordinator Mike Kafka will be the interim head coach, according to reports. He has been offensive coordinator since 2022 and was named assistant head coach in 2024.

Daboll, the 2022 NFL Coach of the Year, finishes his career with the Giants with a 20-40-1 record.

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