John Harbaugh and the New York Giants proved to be a match, agreeing to a contract anticipated to grow to be official on Thursday.
In response to a number of experiences, the Giants provided Harbaugh a five-year deal that might be price as a lot as $100 million.
The 63-year-old head coach was solely out of labor eight days after the Baltimore Ravens fired him over the cellphone final week, ending their 18-year partnership after lacking the playoffs.
Harbaugh was on the workforce facility on Wednesday for his solely in-person interview after spending time with personnel govt Chris Mara on Sunday. Mara, the son of Giants co-chairman John Mara, had lunch and what he mentioned was an off-the-cuff assembly at Harbaugh’s house.
ESPN reported Harbaugh did loads of homework on the franchise to the extent of receiving assurances from Brian Daboll he can be working with a high quality group. Daboll was fired in November.
After main the Ravens to the playoffs 12 occasions in 18 seasons on the job, Harbaugh and Baltimore went 8-9 in 2025. The Ravens missed a last-second field-goal try within the season finale towards the Pittsburgh Steelers, a kick that might have despatched them to the playoffs had it been made. However proprietor Steve Bisciotti mentioned this week that even when the sphere purpose had gone by means of, Harbaugh might need solely stayed with the workforce for an additional week.
Harbaugh amassed a 180-113 regular-season mark as Baltimore’s coach, plus a 13-11 playoff document. He guided the Ravens to the Tremendous Bowl championship after the 2012 season, beating the San Francisco 49ers (coached by his brother Jim) for the title.
Together with the Giants, 9 NFL groups are making a change at head coach.
Harbaugh’s first interview after his ouster from the Ravens was with the Giants.
The Atlanta Falcons performed a video interview with Harbaugh on Monday, and the Tennessee Titans had been set to talk with him on Thursday earlier than the sitdown was canceled.
Giants common supervisor Joe Schoen admitted this month he has been researching candidates for greater than two months since Daboll was fired with a 20-40-1 document after the Giants’ tenth recreation. A kind of losses was a 35-14 defeat by the hands of Harbaugh and the Ravens in 2024.
Harbaugh’s document of success with quarterback Lamar Jackson, a first-round choose in 2018, was impeccable: The Ravens’ 86 wins from 2018-25 path solely the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ 96.
Throughout the identical timeframe, the Giants had only one profitable season — Daboll guided them to a 9-7-1 mark in 2022. New York went 4-13 this season after ending 3-14 in 2024.
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