The New York Giants have requested an interview with Denver Broncos special teams coordinator and assistant head coach Darren Rizzi for their vacant head coaching position.
The report comes courtesy of ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Rizzi, 55, is a familiar face for Giants’ GM Joe Schoen. The two spent eight years together in the Miami Dolphins’ organization, from 2009 when Rizzi joined the Dolphins staff until 2017 when Schoen left to join the Buffalo Bills’ front office.
During that time, Rizzi spent that time as a special teams’ coach, while Schoen was a national scout, director of college scouting, and finally director of player personnel.
Rizzi has been a coach in the NFL since 2009 when he joined the Dolphins’ staff as their assistant special teams coach. He became their special teams coordinator in 2010 and added the title of Associate Head Coach in 2017. Rizzi wasn’t retained when Brian Flores became the Dolphins’ head coach in 2019 and joined Sean Payton’s staff with the New Orleans Saints on February 1, 2019.
He stayed on the staff when Dennis Allen became the Saints’ head coach and was named the assisstant head coach in 2022 and was named the interim head coach when Allen was fired in 2024.
Rizzi ultimately reunited with Payton in Denver in 2025. The Giants have also requested an interview with Broncos’ defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, while the Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens have requested interviews with quarterbacks coach (and former Giants’ quarterback) Davis Webb for their own head coaching vacancies.
Rizzi is the eighth former head coach in whom the Giants expressed interest for their head coaching position. The list of former head coaches now looks like this:
- Mike Kafka
- Kevin Stefanski
- John Harbaugh
- Joseph Vance
- Raheem Morris
- Mike McCarthy
- Antonio Pierce
- Darren Rizzi
The Giants have also requested interviews with Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak and Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo.
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