The Tennessee Titans are picking higher than the Giants are in April’s NFL Draft. The Giants are hiring their former head coach, Brian Callahan, to be the quarterbacks coach for Jaxson Dart.
Callahan, 41, the son of experienced NFL offensive line coach Bill Callahan, posted a 4-19 record (.174) as the Titans’ head coach before being fired in the middle of his second season in Nashville.
He has worked as the quarterbacks coach of Matthew Stafford (Lions) and Derek Carr (Raiders), as the offensive coordinator of Andy Dalton and Joe Burrow (Bengals) and as head coach and play caller of Will Levis and Cam Ward (Titans).
So he has extensive experience with varying results.
New Giants head coach John Harbaugh initially intended to hire Todd Monken as his offensive coordinator. Monken took the Cleveland Browns head coaching job instead.
The offensive staff Harbaugh has assembled since, though, is full of experience.
Matt Nagy, the former Chicago Bears head coach, is the Giants’ new offensive coordinator. Greg Roman, the former Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator, is their run game coordinator.
And Callahan, the former Titans head coach, is now the quarterbacks coach and reportedly the pass game coordinator, as well.
It would have been a bonus if Callahan brought his father to the Giants as offensive line coach, but the Atlanta Falcons already hired Bill Callahan for that role on Kevin Stefanski’s new staff.
Instead, the Giants hired Mike Bloomgren, last year’s Cleveland Browns O-line coach, for the same role.
Callahan’s Titans drafted Ward No. 1 overall last spring. The Giants drafted Dart at No. 25. And now Brian Daboll will coach Ward as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator in 2026, while Callahan will coach Dart as New York’s QB coach.
The Titans (3-14) hold the No. 4 pick in this year’s draft. The Giants (4-13) will select at No. 5.
An optimistic view of this staff is that Harbaugh has placed each coach in exactly the fall that falls under his expertise and that this will help them elevate the Giants as a whole.
There is a lot of work to do on the personnel side as the NFL Combine, free agency and NFL Draft approach. But having the staff solidified will help the Giants’ scouting proceed in a more defined direction, given that Harbaugh is now running the overall show.
