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01/15 08:58 CST John Harbaugh and the Giants are working on a deal to make him
their coach, AP sources say
John Harbaugh and the Giants are working on a deal to make him their coach, AP
sources say
By STEPHEN WHYNO and ROB MAADDI
AP Sports Writers
John Harbaugh and the New York Giants are working on an agreement to make him
the team's head coach, three people with knowledge of the decision said
Thursday.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the
deal hasn't been finalized. Harbaugh is not meeting with the Tennessee Titans
and with the goal "reach the finish line with the Giants," according to one of
the people.
A second person said the deal was not done but that "barring any setbacks"
Harbaugh would become New York's coach.
Harbaugh interviewed in person with the Giants on Wednesday, spending hours at
the team facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Super Bowl-winning former
coach of the Baltimore Ravens was believed to be New York's top candidate in
the pursuit of Brian Daboll's full-time successor.
Fired by the Ravens after they missed the playoffs on a missed field goal
attempt at the buzzer in the season finale, Harbaugh is on track to pick the
Giants over other possible landing spots, including Tennessee and Atlanta.
The Ravens made the playoffs 12 times during 18 seasons with Harbaugh in charge
and won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season, a year after the Giants' most recent
championship under Tom Coughlin, who also led them to win it all in '07.
Counting playoff games, the seven coaches who followed Coughlin in the
organization have gone 45-105-1: a winning percentage of .300.
General manager Joe Schoen, who's back for a fifth season running the football
operations department, said he would cast a wide net in the coaching search.
Interviewing Raheem Morris and Antonio Pierce satisfied the NFL's Rooney Rule
requirements for minority or female candidates, and Harbaugh's visit to
northern New Jersey paved the way to make a hire before any of the more than
half-dozen teams with a vacancy.
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