McGaughey, 48, is entering his fifth season as the Giants' special teams coordinator. He was also the team's assistant special teams coach from 2007-2010. Daboll will be the fourth Giants coach for whom he has worked, following Tom Coughlin, Pat Shurmur and Judge.
McGaughey has also been a coordinator for the Jets, San Francisco 49ers and Carolina Panthers.
"I was very impressed with T-Mac's overall knowledge of the kicking game and the things that we need to do to execute in that part of the game," coach Brian Daboll said. "He's had a lot of experience, good evaluator and I would just say the same thing that I said about Mike and Wink – good communicator, detailed and a good teammate."
In 2021, Giants opponents averaged an NFL-low 17.8 yards per kickoff return. The longest runback they allowed on 37 returns was 32 yards. Graham Gano extended his franchise record to 37 consecutive successful field goal attempts and made 29 of 33 tries. Gano kicked a Giants-record seven field goals of 50+ yards and after just two years with the team, he holds the team's career mark with 12 field goals of 50 or more yards. Since joining the team in 2020, Gano has made 60 of 65 field goal attempts, a .923 percentage that is a Giants record for kickers with at least 50 attempts. Keion Crossen led the Giants with 11 special teams tackles in his first season with the team.
In 2020, Gano made 31 of 32 field goal attempts, a .9687 percentage that is the second highest in Giants history. Gano's predecessor, Aldrick Rosas, made 32 of 33 attempts, a success rate of .9696, in 2018, McGaughey's first season as coordinator.
Gano's .9687 percentage was the highest among the 21 NFL kickers who attempted at least 25 field goals in 2020. His only miss was on a 57-yard try in Chicago in Week 2. Gano followed by making his next 30 field goal attempts that season and the first seven in 2021.
The Giants finished sixth in the NFL with an 11.4-yard punt return average. Safety Jabrill Peppers had 15 of the Giants' 20 punt returns and averaged 12.5 yards with a long return of 20 yards.
In 2019, the Giants' kickoff coverage team led the NFL and finished in the top two for the second straight season by allowing an average return of just 18.1 yards. The punt coverage team was tied for fifth as opponents averaged only 5.7 yards a return. Conversely, the Giants were fourth and 10th, respectively, in the NFL in punt (9.8 yards) and kickoff (23.5 yards) return average.
In McGaughey's first season leading the Giants' special teams in 2018, Rosas was selected to the Pro Bowl and named second-team All-Pro after missing just one field goal attempt and one PAT. His 32 field goals were the fifth-highest total in Giants history.
Michael Thomas led the Giants with nine special teams tackles (six solo) and was the NFC special teams player in the Pro Bowl.