Giants to hire Freddie Roach as defensive line coach

Roach coached on the same staff as Joe Judge at Alabama

1/13/2020, 8:58 PM
Oct 15, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; A general view of a New York Giants helmet on the turf before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports / Isaiah J. Downing
Oct 15, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; A general view of a New York Giants helmet on the turf before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports / Isaiah J. Downing

The Giants are hiring Freddie Roach to be their defensive line coach, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano confirmed.

This will be Roach's first NFL coaching job. He served as the defensive line coach at Ole Miss for the last three seasons.

Roach has also coached at Alabama, with his time there overlapping new Giants head coach Joe Judge's tenure there as a special teams assistant from 2009-2011.

Roach's hiring comes on the heels of Jerry Schuplinski getting the quarterbacks coach job and Patrick Graham taking over as defensive coordinator.

Meanwhile, as the Giants search for a new offensive coordinator, the Jaguars have fired OC John DeFilippo, adding another potential candidate to the mix.

 

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