{"id":452323,"date":"2026-02-06T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452323\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:22:09","slug":"giants-hiring-greg-roman-for-in-latest-boost-for-john-harbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452323\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants hiring Greg Roman for in latest boost for John Harbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The expectation when the Giants <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/18\/sports\/giants-have-no-idea-what-is-about-to-hit-them-with-john-harbaugh-ready-to-set-new-standard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hired John Harbaugh<\/a> was that he would assemble a quality coaching staff filled with experience. <\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh is making good on that expectation, and on Thursday he showed his ability to bring proven assistants into the fold with the addition of Greg\u00a0Roman, The Post confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh interviewed\u00a0Roman\u00a0for the offensive coordinator position that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/03\/sports\/giants-hiring-matt-nagy-as-offensive-coordinator\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went to Matt Nagy<\/a>, but that did not close the door on\u00a0Roman, who has been an offensive coordinator at four NFL stops. <\/p>\n<p>He is coming to the Giants to work on the offensive side of the ball, most likely concentrating on the running game.<\/p>\n<p>There is a considerable history with\u00a0Roman, 53, and the Harbaughs. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38404590\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/baltimore-ravens-offensive-coordinator-greg-119917699_af8c8c.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman on the sidelines during a game.\" class=\"wp-image-38404590\"  \/>Greg Roman is pictured before before a game in January 2023. AP<\/p>\n<p>He was most recently with the Chargers, working for brother Jim Harbaugh, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/13\/sports\/chargers-fire-offensive-coordinator-greg-roman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired\u00a0Roman\u00a0last month<\/a> after the Chargers were beaten 16-3 in an AFC wild-card loss to the Patriots. <\/p>\n<p>From 2018 through 2022 he was John Harbaugh\u2019s offensive coordinator with the Ravens, relying heavily on a thumping running game as he welcomed in rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roman\u00a0resigned from the Ravens after the 2022 season. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38404609\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ravens-inset-1-getty.jpg\" alt=\"John Harbaugh (l.) and Greg Roman (r.) are pictured in 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-38404609\"  \/>John Harbaugh (l.) and Greg Roman (r.) are pictured in 2021. Tribune News Service via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Harbaughs, though, cannot seem to quit on\u00a0Roman.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 and 2010,\u00a0Roman\u00a0was the associate head coach at Stanford when Jim Harbaugh was the head coach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Roman\u00a0orchestrated the 49ers offense from 2011 to 2014 for Jim Harbaugh, designing an attack around the running and passing ability of Colin Kaepernick. <\/p>\n<p>The 49ers made it to Super Bowl 47, losing to John Harbaugh\u2019s Ravens 34-31.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Rex Ryan hired\u00a0Roman\u00a0as his offensive coordinator with the Bills. <\/p>\n<p>Now\u00a0Roman\u00a0will work with Nagy on a Giants redesigned offense led by Jaxson Dart entering his second NFL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The expectation when the Giants hired John Harbaugh was that he would assemble a quality coaching staff filled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[119189,977,349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-452323","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-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452323","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=452323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}