New York Giants hire Michael Ghobrial as special teams coordinator

The New York Giants have announced the hire of Michael Ghobrial as their special teams coordinator.

Ghobrial had been with the New York Jets as their assistant special teams coach since 2021. Before that, he served as a special teams coordinator at three different college programs, including Washington State (2020), Hawaii (2018-19) and Tarleton State (2016-17).

In 2017, Ghobrial also spent time with the Detroit Lions as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.

More on Ghobrial’s football career:

Ghobrial began his coaching career at his alma mater, UCLA, first as an undergrad assistant (2009-10), then a quality control coach (2011) and finally as a graduate assistant (2012-13). Following his time with the Bruins, he coached at Syracuse (2014) and Colorado Mesa (2015), serving as the team’s co-special teams coordinator in addition to coaching the defensive line and outside linebackers.

Ghobrial spent two seasons as a defensive end with UCLA, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in social science and comparative education.

For Ghobrial, who is replacing Thomas McGaughey, this will be his first special teams coordinator job at the NFL level.

In addition to Ghobrial, the Giants also interviewed Matt Harper (49ers assistant special teams coach), Carlos Polk (Bears assistant special teams coach), and Larry Izzo (Seahawks special teams coordinator).

New York had also requested interviews with Ryan Ficken (Chargers), Chris Tabor (Panthers), and Marquice Williams (Falcons) but were denied.