Brian Daboll’s coaching staff for the New York Giants continues to take shape with new assistants being added seemingly daily.
Following the hires of both Tony Sparano Jr. and Andre Patterson on Thursday morning, the Giants added two more on Thursday night.
The first, reports Art Stapleton of USA TODAY, is former Indianapolis Colts assistant Mike Groh, who will take over as the Giants’ wide receivers coach.
#Giants are hiring Mike Groh to be their WR coach on Brian Daboll’s staff, per sources.
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) February 10, 2022
The Giants had interviewed former wide receivers coach Adam Henry, but decided to not hire him. The team was looking to replace Tyke Tolbert, who had been the wide receivers coach for the last four seasons.
Groh had been the Indianapolis Colts’ wide receivers coach for the las two seasons under Frank Reich. Before that, he was the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2018-2019.
Groh, the son of former New York Jets head coach Al Groh, was also on Doug Pederson’s Super Bowl winning staff as the wide receivers coach.
Meanwhile, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic reports that the Giants will also hire former Vanderbilt linebackers coach John Egorugwu.
SOURCE: Vandy LB coach John Egorugwu is expected to join the Giants coaching staff. He coached on the Bills staff with new Giants HC Brian Daboll. Prior to Egorugwu’s four seasons with the Bills, he had spent two years on staff with the Ravens.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 10, 2022
Prior to returning to Vandy in 2021, Egorugwu spent four seasons (2017-2020) serving as a defensive quality control coach and assistant linebackers coach for the Buffalo Bills. While there, he worked alongside Daboll.
Egorugwu also worked under Don “Wink” Martindale for two years (2015-2016) as a member of Baltimore Ravens’ coaching staff, serving as a defensive assistant.
It’s unclear what Egorugwu’s role will be in East Rutherford, but it’s a safe bet that he’ll somehow be involved with the linebackers.
