EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The first woman to hold a coaching position in Giants history highlights a group of newcomers to the organization on coach Brian Daboll's staff.
Laura Young is the team's director of coaching operations. She is involved in every aspect of football operations, including coordinating/organizing practice, as well as game day operations.
"She'll have her hands all over the organization in terms of the coaching side," Daboll said. "She's with me every step of the way. She's a rock star really, and I feel very fortunate that I get to work with her each day because she provides just a tremendous amount of support and value to really everyone, but myself the most, I would say. She's smart, there's really not a job she can't do and a job she won't do. That's her mindset. Very humble, egoless, but driven, smart. I just think she's the best."
Young, who has 18 years of NFL experience, comes to the Giants from the Buffalo Bills, where she was the team's player services coordinator and worked with Daboll the previous four seasons. Young joined the Bills in 2015 during Rex Ryan's tenure as head coach and was retained when Sean McDermott replaced him in 2017. Daboll arrived a year later. When he was named the Giants coach, he knew he wanted Young to join him.
"Look, when you've been doing this for so long, you come across different people at different times," he said. "She was obviously a person that I just recognized how she did things and you never know when you're going to be faced with those opportunities, but I'd just say I'm very fortunate I get to work with her."
Young joins a group of coaches new to the Giants that includes two other former Bills, offensive line coach Bobby Johnson and quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney. In addition, DeAndre Smith will coach the running backs, Mike Groh is the team's new wide receivers coach, Andy Bischoff will coach the tight ends, and Tony Sparano, Jr. is the assistant offensive line coach.
Andre Patterson is the new defensive line coach.
The position coaches will work with the coordinators on Daboll's staff announced previously: Mike Kafka (offense), Don "Wink" Martindale (defense) and Thomas McGaughey (special teams). Kafka and Martindale are new to the Giants, while McGaughey is entering his fifth season coaching the special teams.
"They're all intelligent, dependable, good character, team-first people who are experts in their subject matter, can teach well and explain the details of their positions," Daboll said. "I think there's an important part of developing a staff and bringing a staff together in terms of personality and fit, so we're happy with the guys that we've hired to this point. I'd say we've taken our time making decisions and really being methodical with our approach. We weren't going to rush anything. Just take each case day by day."
Daboll's staff includes coaches with decades of experience and others who are much younger, individuals who have coached on both the collegiate level and the NFL.
"I think what you try to do when you're putting together a staff, whether that be an offensive staff in a smaller form or the entire staff, you try to put together a group of people that will complement one another, whether that's experience, whether that's energy, whether that's detail, whether that's passion," Daboll said. "You don't want to have a cookie cutter approach and hire everybody that's exactly the same. I think that you have to offset blind spots."
Young entered the NFL in 2004 as an executive assistant with the Baltimore Ravens, for whom Ryan was then a defensive coach. In 2009, Ryan became the Jets' head coach and hired Young as the assistant to the head coach. Young was the Jets' manager of football administrative services in 2014, her final season with the team.
The following year, Young moved to Buffalo as the Bills' manager of football administration services/assistant to the head coach. She stayed in those roles from 2015 to April 2017, when she was named player services coordinator. In that role, Young assisted players and their families in acclimating to Buffalo. When the pandemic began two years ago, Young also served as the Bills' COVID-19 coordinator.
Young has a bachelor's degree in sports medicine from the University of the Pacific.
She is the second woman on the football side of the Giants' organization. Two years ago, Hannah Burnett was hired as the team's first full-time female scout. Burnett had previously worked with the Atlanta Falcons.
Johnson, 48, is a 26-year coaching veteran who was the Bills' offensive line coach from 2019-21. This season, the Bills finished third in the NFL with an average of 28.4 points a game and won the AFC title with an 11-6 record. Buffalo tackle Dion Dawkins was selected to the AFC Pro Bowl team.
In 2020, Johnson's line helped a Bills team that advanced to the AFC Championship Game lead the AFC and finish second in the NFL with an average of 31.3 points a game.
Johnson moved to Buffalo after spending the 2018 season as the Indianapolis Colts' assistant O-line coach. He has also served as the tight ends coach for the Oakland Raiders (2015-17) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2012) and assistant line coach for the Detroit Lions (2013-14) and the Bills (2010-11).
From 2005-09, Johnson was the offensive line coach at Indiana. He was an assistant coach at Miami (Ohio), his alma mater, from 1999-2004.
Tierney spent the last four seasons with the Bills, working under Daboll and closely with quarterback Josh Allen. He was an offensive assistant for two seasons and the assistant quarterbacks coach in 2020-21, a period in which the Bills won two AFC East titles and Allen threw for 10,405 yards and 87 touchdowns in 38 regular-season and postseason games.
Tierney was an offensive analyst at the University of Alabama in 2016-17. In the second of those seasons, Daboll was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and the Crimson Tide won the national championship.
From 2013-15, Tierney, a Philadelphia native, was an analyst and coaching intern with the Eagles.
He was an offensive graduate assistant at North Carolina State in 2011-12.
Smith has 22 years of experience as a collegiate running backs coach, including the last three seasons at Texas Tech. In 2021, the Red Raiders led the Big 12 with 32 rushing touchdowns, including 10 by SaRodorick Thompson. In 2019-20, Smith mentored Thompson into one of the conference's best backs as he totaled 1,375 yards and 20 touchdowns on the ground during that span. Thompson led Texas Tech in rushing each of his three seasons under Smith.
Smith, 53, has also coached running backs at Utah State (2018), North Carolina (2017), Purdue (2016), Syracuse (2013-15), New Mexico (2008 and 2012), Illinois (2010-11), UNLV (2009), Miami (Ohio) (2005-07) and Northern Illinois, where he was also a special teams assistant (2001-04). From 1999-2000, Smith was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Indiana State.
Smith, a native of St. Louis, was a four-year letterman at quarterback for Southwest Missouri State where he was the 1990 Division I-AA Offensive Player of the Year as well as an All-American. He was named the Gateway Conference Player of the Decade from 1985 to 1995.
Smith, who earned his bachelor's degree in organizational communication from Southwest Missouri State, played professionally for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1992 and then in France in 1993.
Groh, 50, has coached on the collegiate level and in the NFL for 22 years. He spent the last two seasons as the Indianapolis Colts' wide receivers coach. In 2021, his top player, Michael Pittman, Jr., caught 88 passes for 1,082 yards and six touchdowns.
Groh was the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive coordinator from 2018-19 after spending his first season with the team as the receivers coach. In 2016, he coached the wideouts and was the passing game coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams. Groh coached the Chicago Bears wide receivers from 2013-15.
He began his college coaching career teaching the wide receivers at his alma mater, Virginia, from 2001-08. Groh started as the receivers coach, added the quarterbacks in 2003 and coached them exclusively in 2004-05, and was the offensive coordinator from 2006-08.
In 2009, he moved to Alabama as a graduate assistant before spending a year at Louisville coaching quarterbacks. Groh then returned to Alabama for a two-year stint as receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. The Crimson Tide won the national championship all three years Groh was on Nick Saban's staff.
Groh's father, Al, was a Giants assistant coach from 1989-91 and was the defensive coordinator in the last of those seasons. Mike Groh's first coaching job was as an assistant with the Jets when his father was the head coach in 2000.
Mike Groh was Virginia's starting quarterback in 1994-95.
Bischoff has 28 years of coaching experience at the NFL, CFL and high school levels. He comes to the Giants from the Houston Texans, where he spent the 2021 season as the team's tight ends coach. His top three players – Jordan Akins, Pharaoh Brown and Brevin Jordan – combined for 67 catches for 563 yards and three touchdowns.
From 2015-20, Bischoff worked in several roles on the Baltimore Ravens' offensive staff. He began as a quality control coach before becoming an offensive assistant from 2016-17. The following season, he was an offensive assistant/tight ends coach and in 2019-20 he was the assistant tight ends coach.
In those two seasons, Baltimore's Mark Andrews totaled the most receiving touchdowns (17), fourth-most receiving yards (1,553) and fifth-most receptions (122) among NFL tight ends.
Bischoff entered the NFL with the Chicago Bears in 2013 as the tight ends coach/staff coordinator, positions he held for two seasons. In 2014, Bischoff tutored a group led by Martellus Bennett, who finished first in receptions (90) and third in receiving yards (916) among the league's tight ends and was selected to the Pro Bowl.
From 2008-12, Bischoff was in a variety of roles on the staff of the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.
Bischoff earned his bachelor's in education from the University of South Dakota, where he was a three-year letterman at center.
Sparano, 35, has been in the NFL since 2011. He spent the 2021 season as the Carolina Panthers' assistant offensive line coach.
Sparano previously spent four seasons (2017-20) as the assistant O-line coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. In his first season in Jacksonville, the Jaguars allowed only 24 sacks, led the NFL with 141.4 rushing yards a game and advanced to the AFC Championship Game, where they lost to New England. In 2019, the line helped Leonard Fournette set a career high with 1,674 scrimmage yards.
In 2015-16, Sparano was the Buffalo Bills' tight ends coach.
Sparano entered the NFL in 2011 as the offensive quality control coach in Miami, where his late father, Tony, was the Dolphins' head coach. he was an intern with the Jets for two seasons before becoming an offensive assistant in 2014.
Sparano was a three-year letterman at defensive end at the University at Albany.
Patterson, 61, brings 40 years of coaching experience, including 18 in the NFL, to the Giants. He spent the previous eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, the first six as the team's defensive line coach. In 2020, Patterson was also the team's co-defensive coordinator and last year he added the title of assistant head coach.
After coaching in high school and college from 1982-96, Patterson entered the NFL as the D-line coach in New England in 1997. He subsequently held the same position in Minnesota (1998-99), Dallas (2000-2002), Cleveland (2003-04) and Denver (2005-06) before returning to high school and college coaching for seven years. Patterson rejoined the NFL with the Vikings in 2014.
Patterson earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education from Montana in 1983. He played collegiately as an offensive lineman at Contra Costa College and Montana before suffering a career-ending knee injury.
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Special Teams Coordinator Thomas McGaughey
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale walks on the field during an NFL football practice at the team's headquarters in Owings Mills, Md., Wednesday, June 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
New York Giants special team coordinator Thomas McGaughey during an NFL football training camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics training center on Wednesday July 25, 2018 in East Rutherford, N.J. (Evan Pinkus via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Mike Kafka before an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don "Wink" Martindale watches from the sideline during an NFL game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs defeated the Ravens 33-28. (Kevin Terrell via AP)
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Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach Mike Kafka during the National Anthem prior to the AFC Championship football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, January 30, 2022. (Steve Sanders/Kansas City Chiefs via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka, left, watches Patrick Mahomes, right, and Chad Henne, center, during pre-game warmups before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photos/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, left, sits on the bench with quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka, center, and quarterback Chad Henne during pre-game warmups before the NFL AFC Championship football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022 in Kansas City, Mo.. (AP Photos/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka, left, watches Chad Henne during pre-game warmups before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photos/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Game Coordinator Mike Kafka during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 in Denver. The Chiefs won 28-24. (Ric Tapia via AP)
New York Giants participate in Training Camp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, NJ
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka, left, watches Patrick Mahomes during pre-game warmups before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photos/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach Mike Kafka on the bench during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos on Saturday, January 8, 2021 in Denver. (Steve Sanders/Kansas City Chiefs via AP)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey watches from the sidelines during a NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Murray)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka sits next to quarterback Patrick Mahomes, left, during pre-game warmups before an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photos/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka during pre-game warmups before an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photos/Reed Hoffmann)
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Mike Kafka during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Mike Kafka watches during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on from the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Mike Kafka before an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Mike Kafka before an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Mike Kafka before an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback coach Mike Kafka watches warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Emilee Chinn)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback coach Mike Kafka watches warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Emilee Chinn)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale watches pregame warmups before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 in Chicago. The Ravens defeated the Bears 16-13. (Paul Spinelli via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback coach Mike Kafka watches before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback coach Mike Kafka watches warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Emilee Chinn)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey looks on before an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback coach Mike Kafka watches warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Emilee Chinn)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback coach Mike Kafka watches before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka, center, watches quarterbacks Chad Henne, right, and Patrick Mahomes during pre-game warmups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka during pre-game warmups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka during pre-game warmups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 in Pittsburgh. The Steelers defeated the Ravens 20-19. (Paul Spinelli via AP)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey watches from the sidelines during a NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Murray)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka watches Patrick Mahomes during pre-game warmups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on from the sideline during pregame warmups before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 in Chicago. The Ravens defeated the Bears 16-13. (Paul Spinelli via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka, center, during pre-game warmups before an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka looks from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won the game 41-14. (Paul Jasienski via AP)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey during a week 7 football game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday October 24th, 2021 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka looks from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won the game 41-14. (Paul Jasienski via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale stands on the playing field in pre game warm up during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Chicago. The Ravens defeated the Bears 16-13. (Scott Boehm via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale watches from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Chicago. The Ravens defeated the Bears 16-13. (Scott Boehm via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks and passing game coordinator Mike Kafka during pre-game warmups before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale walks onto the field before the start of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Thursday Nov. 11, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Murray)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey looks on from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Denver Broncos won 27-13. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale stands on the field before an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale stands on the sideline during an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Dolphins won 22-10. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka during an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, October 3, 2021 in Philadelphia.
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale talks with reporters after an NFL football practice, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Owings Mills, Md.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey on the sideline during an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs won 20-17. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks up from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 in Las Vegas. The Raiders won the game in overtime 23-17. (Paul Jasienski via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on before an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale stands on the sideline during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Baltimore. The Ravens won 31-25 in overtime. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) runs drills with coach Mike Kafka during practice on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Davie, Fla., for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during an NFL preseason football game against the New Orleans Saints Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on as players work out during the team's NFL football training, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during an NFL preseason football game against the New Orleans Saints Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey walks on the sideline during an NFL preseason football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Patriots won 22-20. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale stands on the field before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) runs drills with coach Mike Kafka during practice on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Davie, Fla., for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale greets fans before an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Tennessee Titans, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey talks with Cleveland Browns Special Team Coordinator Mike Priefer before a NFL football game, Sunday Dec.20, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey (Evan Pinkus via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on during the team's NFL football organized team activities, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach Mike Kafka coaching during an NFL Football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday December 27, 2020 in Kansas City. (Steve Sanders/Kansas City Chiefs via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale, left, talk with linebacker L.J. Fort (3) during the team's NFL football organized team activities, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale observes during NFL football practice, Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator Don Martindale during the first half of an NFL divisional round football game against the Buffalo Bills Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 in Pittsburgh. The Ravens defeated the Steelers 26-23 in overtime. (Scott Boehm via AP)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey talks to his team during the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don "Wink" Martindale watches pregame warmups before an NFL game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, in Seattle. The Ravens defeated the Seahawks 30-16. (Kevin Terrell via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) runs drills with coach Mike Kafka during practice on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Davie, Fla., for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale arrives before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Ben Liebenberg via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 in Pittsburgh. The Ravens defeated the Steelers 26-23 in overtime. (Scott Boehm via AP)
New York Giants special teams coach Thomas McGaughey watches from the sidelines during an NFL game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 in Chicago. The Bears defeated the Colts 19-14. (Greg Trott via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) runs drills with coach Mike Kafka during practice on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Davie, Fla., for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on from the sideline during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 in Indianapolis. The Ravens won 20-19. (Scott Boehm via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale looks on from the sideline during the 2018 NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 in Canton, Ohio. The Ravens won the game 17-16. (Paul Spinelli via AP)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey during a week 16 regular season game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field on Sunday December 22nd, 2019 in Landover, Maryland
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale at the team's NFL football training facility in Owings Mills, Md., Wednesday, June 12, 2019 (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale walks onto the field before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey leaves after speaking to the media in East Rutherford, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. McGaughey has been doing more in the offseason than getting the Giants’ special teams ready for the opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 45-year-old coordinator has undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer that strikes roughly 8,000 people in the United States annually. (AP Photo/Tom Canavan, File)
Special Teams Coordinator Thomas McGaughey
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale directs players during an NFL football training camp practice at the team's headquarters, Friday, July 27, 2018, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Sunday November 24, 2019 in Chicago (Evan Pinkus via AP)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale, left, speaks with linebacker Terrell Suggs during NFL football training camp at the team's headquarters, Friday, July 27, 2018, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
New York Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey participates in Training Camp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, NJ
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale, left, and head coach John Harbaugh watch an NFL football training camp practice at the team's headquarters, Friday, July 20, 2018, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale walks on the field during an NFL football practice at the team's headquarters in Owings Mills, Md., Wednesday, June 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
