Giants manager John Harbaugh is reportedly adding another former NFL head coach to his offensive staff. Brian Callahan \u2014 who led the Tennessee Titans for 23 games across the 2024\u201325 seasons \u2014 is expected to become New York\u2019s quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator, according to NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo.<\/p>\n
Callahan will work under new offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, who was the Chicago Bears\u2019 head coach from 2018\u20132021 and is wrapping up a second stint as the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 OC. At 41, Callahan is joining the Giants after being fired by the Titans after six games last season; his head-coaching record there was 4\u201319. Before Tennessee, he had a strong run as the Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 offensive coordinator from 2019\u20132023 under Zac Taylor, helping Joe Burrow reach the Super Bowl in Burrow\u2019s second year. The Bengals finished among the top 10 in points per game and passing yards per game in both 2021 and 2022, making a Super Bowl appearance and returning to the AFC Championship the following season.<\/p>\n
Most recently Callahan worked with another top overall pick, Cam Ward. In New York he\u2019ll be charged with maximizing the skill set of first-round quarterback Jackson Dart, whom the Giants traded up to select at No. 25 last year. Dart showed plenty of upside as a rookie \u2014 a compelling dual-threat who also put himself in risky situations \u2014 completing 63.7% of his passes, scoring 15 points, and throwing nine touchdowns in 2025.<\/p>\n
A former UCLA quarterback, Callahan has coached several high-end NFL QBs. He was an offensive assistant with the Denver Broncos when Peyton Manning threw 55 touchdowns and the team won a Super Bowl two seasons later, and he served as quarterback coach for the Detroit Lions (2016\u20132017) and the then-Oakland Raiders (2018), working with Matthew Stafford and Derek Carr. That said, his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 took a hit in Tennessee, where the starting quarterback struggled with turnovers and his offense underperformed.<\/p>\n
Callahan now gets a reset with Dart in New York.<\/p>\n
Fan Take: This hire matters because Callahan\u2019s success developing Joe Burrow suggests he could accelerate Jackson Dart\u2019s growth, and pairing him with Nagy and Harbaugh gives the Giants a veteran-laden offensive brain trust. If it works, it could reshape the Giants\u2019 trajectory and add another example of teams leaning on proven coordinators to fast-track young quarterbacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Giants manager John Harbaugh is reportedly adding another former NFL head coach to his offensive staff. Brian Callahan \u2014 who led the Tennessee Titans for 23 games across the 2024\u201325 seasons \u2014 is expected to become New York\u2019s quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator, according to NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo. Callahan will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[859],"tags":[860],"class_list":{"0":"post-42761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}