In the event you thought the New York Giants and head coach Brian Daboll had their employees set forward of the 2024 season, assume once more.
Matt Zenitz of 247Sports and CBS Sports activities reviews that James Madison is trying to rent Giants assistant offensive line coach Chris Smith to supervise their OL.
James Madison is concentrating on New York #Giants assistant offensive line coach Chris Smith for its offensive line coach opening, a supply tells @247sports.
Earlier than the Giants, Smith was the offensive coordinator and OL coach beneath new JMU head coach Bob Chesney at Holy Cross.… pic.twitter.com/TGHCVinzRO
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) March 18, 2024
Smith had been serving because the Holy Cross offensive coordinator when employed by the Giants final March. It was a place he held for 5 seasons.
Previous to that, Smith served as their offensive line coach, run recreation coordinator, and recruiting coordinator.
Throughout his time at Holy Cross, Smith helped develop a number of offensive linemen who went on to obtain All-Patriot League honors. Amongst them are James Murray, Brett Boddy, Brian Foley, and Nick Olsofka.
Smith was a part of a employees that has led the Crusaders to 3 consecutive Patriot League championships. In addition they earned an NCAA soccer championship subdivision berth in 2019, which was the primary for this system in 10 years.
Along with his time with Holy Cross, Smith, who performed heart for the college earlier than commencement, additionally had stints with New Haven, Northern Colorado, and Buffalo.
Sadly, that success didn’t carry over with the Giants. Smith joined offensive line coach Bobby Johnson and the pair oversaw a unit that surrendered 85 sacks, the second-most in NFL historical past.
Johnson was fired on Black Monday and changed by Carmen Bricillo.
