Laura Young, the first woman to hold a coaching position in Giants history, is in her third season as the team's director of coaching operations. She has 20 years of NFL experience and is involved in every aspect of the football operations from devising team schedules to assisting on the practice field during the week and on the gameday sideline.
When Brian Daboll was named the Giants coach in January 2022, one of his first moves was to hire Young as his top assistant.
Young came to the Giants from the Buffalo Bills, where she served under two head coaches and worked alongside Daboll for four years and Joe Schoen, now the Giants' general manager, for five.
She joined the Bills in 2015 working under Rex Ryan as the manager of football administration services/assistant to the head coach. Sean McDermott replaced Ryan in 2017 and in April of that year, Young transitioned to the player development department. In that role, she worked closely with coaches and players as they transitioned into the NFL and Buffalo area, helped develop player career, leadership and professional growth, worked with the Women's association and was involved in other operational roles for players, coaches and their families. In addition, during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, she served as the Bills' COVID-19 protocol coordinator.
Prior to joining the Bills, Young spent six seasons with the Jets when Ryan was the team's head coach. She served as the assistant to the head coach from 2009-13 before moving to the personnel department as manager of football administrative services for the 2014 season.
Young entered the NFL in 2004 with the Baltimore Ravens as the executive assistant to the vice president of business ventures and the team president. She remained in that position through the 2008 season.
Prior to embarking on her football career, Young worked in accounting, coached high school athletics and taught special education.
Young has a bachelor's degree in sports medicine from the University of the Pacific.
Shortly after joining the Giants, Young was joined by another woman on the staff when Angela Baker, who is an offensive assistant and the team's inaugural recipient of the Rosie Brown Minority Coaching Fellowship, was hired. The third woman on the football side of the Giants' organization is Hannah Burnett, who has been the team's first full-time female scout since 2020.
2004-08 Baltimore Ravens executive assistant
2009-13 New York Jets assistant to the head coach
2014 New York Jets manager of football administrative services
2015-16 Buffalo Bills manager of football administrative services/assistant to the head coach
2017-21 Buffalo Bills player services coordinator
2022-24 New York Giants director of coaching operations
