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Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\nThe defensive coaching staff is the first area of the Giants to get a face-lift under new head coach John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n
Assistant coaches Andre Patterson (line), John Egorugwu (inside linebackers), Marquand Manuel (secondary coach\/pass game coordinator) and Jeff Burris (cornerbacks) will not be retained, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n
Among the defensive assistants assembled last season by former head coach Brian Daboll, only Charlie Bullen (outside linebackers) \u2014 who was promoted to interim defensive coordinator with five games remaining \u2014 still has a chance to remain. Bullen and general manager Joe Schoen have a close relationship from their days together in the Dolphins organization.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh began meeting with incumbent assistants under contract on Wednesday, but at least some of the coaches who were let go did not get the chance to make a case to the new boss. Schoen informed some assistants that they were not part of Harbaugh\u2019s plans and free to look elsewhere without coming in for a face-to-face meeting, according to sources.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat coaches, I believe, on this staff that we\u2019re looking forward to talking to,\u201d Harbaugh said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
None of the moves are a major surprise considering Harbaugh is the only coach listed on the Giants website.<\/p>\n
It is unclear what the future holds for the offensive staff, though Carmen Bricillo is considered the leading candidate to be offensive line coach after receiving a ringing endorsement from John\u2019s father (former coach Jack Harbaugh).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Ravens are not expected to block many \u2014 or any \u2014 of their offensive assistants from following Harbaugh or making lateral moves, a source said.<\/p>\n
Patterson is a 24-year NFL assistant and former Vikings defensive coordinator who helped Dexter Lawrence take his game to a three-time Pro Bowl level by moving him to nose tackle. He and Egorugwu were members of Daboll\u2019s original staff in 2022.<\/p>\n
Egorugwu is a former Ravens assistant under Harbaugh (2015-16), so it was speculated that he might have a chance to stick.<\/p>\n
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Manuel, a former Falcons defensive coordinator, and Burris were added to the staff last season.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh could go several directions for his defensive coordinator \u2014 including former Ravens position coaches who became defensive coordinators such as Zach Orr (Ravens), Dennard Wilson (Titans) and Anthony Weaver (Dolphins).<\/p>\n
Broncos assistant head coach Jim Leonhard \u2014 a former player under Harbaugh \u2014 is considered a strong candidate for both the Giants and Jets defensive coordinator vacancies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The defensive coaching staff is the first area of the Giants to get a face-lift under new head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[119189,977,349,978,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-422531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-john-harbaugh","9":"tag-new-york-giants","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-ny-sports-minute","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}