The New York Giants have reportedly hired New England Patriots wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator Joe Judge to become their next head coach. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the move Tuesday.
Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Judge also had an offer from Mississippi State, his alma mater, to replace Joe Moorhead.
Rapoport previously reported the Giants requested permission to interview former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett for their vacant job. He added Matt Rhule spoke with New York about giving it an opportunity to match the offer he received from the Carolina Panthers, but the Giants declined.
Per ESPN's Ed Werder, the Giants hope to interview Garrett as their offensive coordinator under Judge.
Per Schefter, the Panthers landed Rhule by giving him a seven-year contract worth $60 million and additional $10 million in incentives.
The Giants were in the market for a head coach when they parted ways with Pat Shurmur following the 2019 season. The 54-year-old went 9-23 in two years with the organization. The team has finished under .500 in six of the past seven years.
Judge spent the past eight seasons with the Patriots.
The 38-year-old began working on Bill Belichick's staff as a special teams assistant in 2012 before being promoted to special teams coordinator in 2015. He added wide receivers coach to his list of responsibilities this season.
Before working with the Patriots, Judge was a special teams assistant under Nick Saban at Alabama.
The Giants will be Judge's first chance as a head coach in either college or the NFL.
Judge, a Philadelphia native, was in the running for the head-coaching job at Mississippi State. He joined the Patriots in 2012 after three years as a football analyst under Saban at Alabama. He also assisted with the special teams units.
Prior to going to Alabama, Judge spent a season at Birmingham-Southern, where he served as special teams/linebackers coach in 2008. He began his career as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State in 2005.
Judge has been with the Patriots since 2012. He became the special-teams coordinator in 2015 and added wide receiver coach duties last year.
