2024 will be the third season for New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll, who will also become the longest-tenured head coach of the franchise since the legendary Tom Coughlin. However, this season will look different than others, with a revamped group both on the depth chart and in the coaching staff following a disappointing 2023 season.
In Daboll’s time as the Giants’ head coach, he has been known for his aggressive coaching style that sometimes would include fiery outbursts. One of the most widely recognized examples of such is the feud between him and former Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale — a feud which led to an awkward departure from Martindale to coach for the NCAA’s Michigan Wolverines.
ESPN’s Jordan Raanan detailed more of the tensions from last season, which he reported stretched beyond him and Martindale.
“Sources close to the situation said that Martindale, along with several other coaches on both sides of the ball, had grown tired of Daboll’s frequent outbursts. Daboll’s staff felt he’d stopped listening and there was constant ‘finger-pointing,’ multiple team sources told ESPN,” Raanan wrote (h/t GiantsWire).
Martindale’s departure (and the subsequent departures of his top assistants Kevin and Drew Wilkins) was a predecessor to a number of changes in New York’s coaching staff. Offensive line coach Bobby Johnson was let go at the start of the offseason, and so was special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey. New York allowed 85 sacks last season, the most in the NFL, and had the second-lowest field goal percentage at 71%.
