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Giants Hire Mike Groh as Receivers Coach (Report)

Add Mike Groh to Giants head coach Brian Daboll's reported list of assistant coaches.

Patricia Traina

The Giants have reportedly hired Mike Groh, son of one-time Giants assistant coach Al Groh, to their new coaching staff under Brian Daboll.

Once the starting quarterback at the University of Virginia, where he was teammates with former Giants running back Tiki Barber back in the day, Groh will be the team's new receivers coach.

Groh began his coaching career in 2000 with the Jets, where he was on staff with his father, the Giants linebackers coach in 1989-1990 and later their defensive coordinator in 1991 after Bill Belichick left to take the Cleveland head coaching job.

The younger Groh returned to his alma mater as receivers coach for the 2001-2002 seasons before switching to quarterbacks in 2003 and then becoming the offensive coordinator for the 2006-2008 seasons.

 In 2009, Groh, who attended Randolph High School in Randolph, New Jersey, worked as a graduate assistant on Nick Saban's staff. He then went to Louisville for a year before returning to Alabama as the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.

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Groh returned to the NFL with the Bears in 2013, serving as their receivers coach. In 2016, he went to the Rams as their passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. He then joined Doug Pederson's staff in Philadelphia, first as the wide receivers coach in 2017 and then as the offensive coordinator for the 2018-2019 seasons, helping the Eagles finish 8th and 12th in the NFL in points scored in those two seasons. 

Most recently, Groh was the wide receivers coach for Frank Reich's Colts staff, joining in 2020. Groh had interviewed for the Panthers offensive coordinator role, which went to former Giants head coach Ben McAdoo.  

Here is a rundown of what's been reported regarding the Giants assistant coaching staff. (Job titles are tentative and subject to change.)

  • Offensive Coordinator: Mike Kafka
  • Defensive Coordinator: Wink Martindale
  • Special Teams Coordinator: Thomas McGaughey
  • Quarterbacks: Shea Tierney
  • Running Backs: TBD
  • Offensive Line: Bobby Johnson
  • Assistant Offensive Line: Tony Sparano Jr
  • Receivers: Mike Groh (reportedly)
  • Tight Ends: Andy Bischoff
  • Defensive Line: Andre Patterson
  • Linebackers: John Egorugwu (reportedly)
  • Defensive Backs: Jerome Henderson
  • Assistant Defensive Backs: Mike Treier (reportedly)
  • Assistant Special Teams: Anthony Blevins (reportedly)

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PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for over 30 seasons for multiple media outlets, including Inside Football, Fan Sided, SB Nation, The Athletic, Forbes, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated).  In addition to being a credentialed member of the New York Giants press corps, Patricia has covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. Patricia’s late father was a long-time New York Giants season ticket holder who helped instill her love and appreciation of the game and the franchise at a very early age.  She was able to parlay that knowledge of Giants franchise history into her first published work, The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants (Triumph Books, September 2020). She has enhanced her knowledge of the game by completing two semesters with the Scouting Academy and taking a course in NFL salary cap management. In addition to her work with Giants Country, Patricia is the host of the very successful LockedOn Giants podcast (also available on YouTube), featuring analysis, interviews, and Giants fan interaction. Patricia is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America and has participated in the mentoring of aspiring journalists. Patricia holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature (with a minor in creative writing) and a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication. She is a certified resume development specialist (corporate, military transition, and federal) and interview coach who enjoys music and creating fan art featuring her favorite bands. 

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