Bryan Cox, a Super Bowl winner and three-time Pro Bowler as a player who previously coached with five other NFL teams, is in his fourth season as the Giants' assistant defensive line coach. He assists Andre Patterson in mentoring the Giants' defensive line.
In his three seasons with the Giants, Cox was instrumental in the development of Dexter Lawrence II, who has become one of the league's very best defensive linemen. Lawrence has been voted to three straight Pro Bowls (2022, '23 and '24) and selected as a second-team All-Pro in 2022 and 2023.
In 2024, Lawrence recorded a career-high and team-leading 9.0 sacks despite only playing in 12 games due to a season-ending elbow injury suffered in Week 13 at Dallas.
Before joining the Giants, Cox, 56, had last worked in the NFL as the Atlanta Falcons' defensive line coach from 2014-16. In his final season with the team, the Falcons won the NFC championship before losing to New England in overtime in Super Bowl LI.
From 2012-13, Cox coached the defensive front seven and served as the pass rush specialist for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cox helped several players post career bests, including defensive tackle Gerald McCoy who totaled 14.0 sacks, 36 quarterback hits, and 24 tackles for loss in those two seasons and earned his first Pro Bowl selection in 2012.
Prior to joining the Buccaneers, Cox spent six seasons as an assistant coach with the Jets, Cleveland Browns, and Miami Dolphins.
In 2011, he helped the Dolphins finish in the top 10 in sacks with 41 while serving as the club's pass rush specialist. He joined the Dolphins after spending the 2009-10 seasons with the Browns as defensive line coach.
Cox began his coaching career as the assistant defensive line coach with the Jets from 2006-08. In his final season with the team, he helped the Jets' defense rank seventh in the NFL in both sacks (41) and rushing defense (94.9 yards per game).
Before becoming a coach, Cox played linebacker for five NFL teams for 12 years. He was selected by the Dolphins in the fifth round of the 1991 NFL Draft (113th overall) and spent his first five seasons in Miami. Cox was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1992, '94 and '95 when he was with the Dolphins.
Cox went on to play for the Chicago Bears (1996-97), Jets (1998-2000), and in New England and won a Super Bowl with the Patriots after the 2001 season. Cox finished his career in 2002 with the New Orleans Saints.
He played in 165 regular-season games with 144 starts and totaled 938 tackles (677 solo), 51.5 sacks, 14 fumble recoveries and four interceptions. Cox also played in 10 postseason games, including Super Bowl XXXVI.
A graduate of Western Illinois, Cox played for the Leathernecks from 1987-90 while earning his degree in mass communications.
Cox is a native of East St. Louis, Ill. He and his wife, Kim, have four daughters: Lavonda, Brittani, Chiquita and Kelli and one son, Bryan, Jr.
2022-25: New York Giants Assistant - Defensive Line
2014-16: Atlanta Falcons - Defensive Line
2012-13: Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Pass Rush Specialist
2011: Miami Dolphins - Pass Rush Specialist
2009-10: Cleveland Browns - Defensive Line
2006-08: New York Jets - Assistant Defensive Line
