Brian Daboll was hired as the 20th head coach in Giants history on Jan. 28, 2022. It is his first head coaching position.
The 47-year-old Daboll has 20 years of NFL coaching experience. He is a five-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots and won a national championship at the University of Alabama in his primary season as a college coach.
Daboll joined the Giants after spending the previous four seasons as the offensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills. He devised the game plans and called the plays for one of the most productive offenses in the NFL, one that helped the Bills earn three consecutive playoff berths, win the last two AFC East titles and advance to the conference championship game in 2020.
Daboll also oversaw the development of quarterback Josh Allen, the seventh overall selection in the NFL Draft in 2018. Allen is the only player in history with 100 passing touchdowns and 30 rushing in his first four years. He is 39-21 as a starter in the regular season and 3-3 in the postseason. In the last two seasons, Allen threw 73 touchdown passes against just 24 interceptions.
In 2021, Daboll's offense excelled as Buffalo won its second straight AFC East title with an 11-6 record. The Bills finished third in the NFL with 28.4 points a game and fifth with 381.9 yards a game. Allen was sixth in the league with a franchise-record 409 completions, seventh with 36 touchdown passes and eighth with 4,407 yards. Allen's favorite target, wide receiver Stefon Diggs, caught 103 passes for 1,225 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Daboll was voted the AP's NFL Assistant Coach of the Year in 2020 after the Bills finished 13-3 and unseated longtime powerhouse New England atop the division. Allen finished second in the NFL most valuable player voting after setting Buffalo single season franchise records with 4,544 yards, 37 touchdown passes, a 69.2 completion percentage and a 107.2 passer rating.
Daboll joined the Bills in 2018 and in his second season the Bills scored 45 more points and won four more games to earn a wild card berth.
In 2017, Daboll returned to collegiate coaching for the first time in 18 years when he became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama, which finished 13-1 and earned its 17th national championship. The Crimson Tide averaged 38.8 points, 245.0 rushing yards, 210.3 passing yards and 455.3 yards of total offense in Daboll's one season in Tuscaloosa. Daboll coached quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa, running back Damien Harris and wide receiver Calvin Ridley, who all now play in the NFL.
Daboll joined the Crimson Tide after spending the previous four seasons with the Patriots, his second stint with the team. He left New England soon after a Super Bowl LI victory at the conclusion of the 2016 season. Daboll spent a total of 11 seasons in New England and helped the team win five Super Bowl titles (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX and LI).
He was an offensive assistant in 2013 before coaching the team's tight ends the next three seasons. Under his tutelage, Rob Gronkowski was selected first-team All-Pro following the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The following season, Gronkowski and Martellus Bennett combined for 80 receptions, 1,241 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Daboll was the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator in 2012. The Chiefs finished fifth in the NFL with an average of 149.7 rushing yards a game. Jamaal Charles was fourth with 1,509 yards and five touchdowns and averaged 5.3 yards a carry while earning a selection to the Pro Bowl.
In 2011, Daboll was coordinator in Miami, which improved from 30th in the league the year before his arrival to 20th during his one season as the coordinator. That Dolphins team had both a 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver for the first time in franchise history as Reggie Bush ran for 1,086 yards and had five 100-yard performances, and Brandon Marshall totaled 1,214 yards while catching a team-high 81 passes and compiled fiver 100-yard games on his way to the Pro Bowl.
Prior to Joining the Dolphins, Daboll served as Cleveland's offensive coordinator during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. The Browns offense saw dramatic improvement in the second half of the 2009 season. Cleveland scored 11.1 more points per game, was 20.8 percent better in the red zone, converted on 14.7 percent more third downs and averaged 1.9 fewer turnovers per game during the final eight games of the season. The 2010 season saw the Browns improve 12 spots to rank eighth in the NFL in rushing offense, averaging 130.4 yards per game.
Daboll coached quarterbacks during his two seasons (2007-08) with the New York Jets. He helped Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre pick up the Jets offense after the signal-caller came out of retirement. In his one season under Daboll, Favre captured a AFC Pro Bowl berth and had the second-highest completion percentage of his career (65.7). Daboll also helped the Jets improve from the NFL's 25th ranked scoring offense in his first season to No. 9 in season two, averaging 25.3 points per game.
Daboll's first stint in New England began in 2000, his first of two seasons as a defensive assistant for head coach Bill Belichick.
From 2002-06, he coached the Patriots' wide receivers. Daboll helped Deion Branch earn Super Bowl XXXIX MVP honors in the Patriots' victory against Philadelphia following the 2004 season. Branch became the first wide receiver to win the honor since San Francisco's Jerry Rice in Super Bowl XXIII after the 1988 season.
Prior to entering the NFL, Daboll spent the 1997 season as a volunteer assistant at the College of William & Mary before serving two seasons (1998-99) as a graduate assistant for Nick Saban at Michigan State.
Daboll graduated from the University of Rochester in 1997 graduate with an economics degree. He was a two-year starter at safety for the YellowJackets and intercepted three passes in a game in his junior season.
Daboll was born in Welland, Ontario, Canada, a suburb of Niagara Falls. He was raised by his grandparents and mother in West Seneca, N.Y. Daboll lettered in football at Saint Francis High School in Athol Springs, N.Y.
Daboll and his wife, Beth, have six children: Mark, Christian, Aiden, Haven, Avery and Luke.
1997 The College of William & Mary volunteer assistant
1998-99 Michigan State University graduate assistant
2000-01 New England Patriots defensive assistant
2002-06 New England Patriots wide receivers
2007-08 New York Jets quarterbacks
2009-10 Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator
2011 Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator
2012 Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator
2013 New England Patriots offensive coaching assistant
2014-16 New England Patriots tight ends
2017 University of Alabama offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
2018-21 Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator
2022 New York Giants head coach
