{"id":234443,"date":"2026-05-17T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234443\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:53:11","slug":"new-york-giants-hire-ex-texans-executive-to-front-office-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234443\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants hire ex-Texans executive to front office role"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Giants<\/a> are hiring John Ritcher to join their personnel department, potentially as co-director of college scouting, reports NFL insider Aaron Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The move represents the franchise’s first front-office addition since the conclusion of the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n

Ritcher spent the past eight seasons with the Houston Texans<\/a>, rising to co-director of college scouting after serving as a national scout and Southeast area scout. Before Houston, he worked six seasons in the Arizona Cardinals<\/a>\u2019 scouting department.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in his career, Ritcher was a scouting assistant with the Miami Dolphins<\/a> in 2011, overlapping with Giants general manager Joe Schoen and senior vice president of football operations Dawn Aponte.<\/p>\n

The Giants have not previously employed a dedicated director of college scouting under Schoen, with assistant general manager Dennis Hickey informally handling those duties. Ritcher’s appointment strengthens the team\u2019s evaluation of incoming talent.<\/p>\n

Ritcher’s background also includes coaching tight ends and serving as a strength and conditioning coach at Florida State, as well as playing fullback and linebacker in the Arena Football League and tight end at North Carolina State.<\/p>\n

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