Giants working to finalize deal to make John Harbaugh next head coach: reports

John Harbaugh and the New York Giants are moving connected an statement to marque him the team’s adjacent caput coach, per aggregate reports. 

The woody reportedly hasn’t been finalized, but Harbaugh is expected to extremity up successful New York, pending immoderate unforeseen setbacks. 

Harbaugh interviewed successful idiosyncratic with the Giants connected Wednesday, spending hours astatine the squad installation successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Super Bowl-winning erstwhile manager of the Baltimore Ravens was believed to beryllium New York’s apical campaigner successful the hunt for Brian Daboll’s full-time successor.

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Baltimore Ravens caput manager John Harbaugh responds to questions during a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Tennessee Titans, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, astatine the Tottenham Hotspur stadium successful London.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Fired by the Baltimore Ravens aft missing the playoffs connected a missed tract extremity effort astatine the buzzer successful the play finale, Harbaugh is connected way to prime the Giants implicit different imaginable landing spots, including Tennessee and Atlanta.

Harbaugh's merchandise from the Ravens made him the astir sought-after coaching campaigner of the existent rhythm and, arguably, 1 of the astir coveted coaching candidates successful caller NFL history. 

President Donald Trump adjacent endorsed Harbaugh successful a Truth Social Post, past successful a aboriginal station specifically endorsed the thought of the Giants hiring Harbaugh. 

"The New York Football Giants should hire, without question, John Harbaugh – And John, a large guy, should TAKE THE JOB!!!" Trump posted to Truth Social Saturday.

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Trump seemingly got his mode arsenic Harbaugh and the Giants look acceptable to travel to an agreement. 

Veteran sports cause Leigh Steinberg antecedently told Fox News Digital that helium besides believed the Giants stood retired arsenic a apical destination for Harbaugh. 

"I don't cognize why, but the New York Giants basal retired to me," Steinberg said.

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John Harbaugh speaks to the media during the NFL Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected March 01, 2023 successful Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

The Ravens made the playoffs 12 times with Harbaugh successful complaint and won the Super Bowl successful the 2012 season, a twelvemonth aft the Giants’ astir caller championship.

General manager Joe Schoen, who’s backmost for a 5th play moving the shot operations department, said helium would formed a wide nett successful the coaching search. Interviewing Raheem Morris and Antonio Pierce satisfied the NFL’s Rooney Rule requirements for number oregon pistillate candidates, and Harbaugh’s sojourn to bluish New Jersey paved the mode to marque a prosecute earlier immoderate of the much than half-dozen teams with a vacancy.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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