NY Giants retain GM Joe Schoen; search for best head coach fit continues

Joe Schoen will continue as New York Giants general manager despite a 13-38 record over the past three seasons, 7-27 the past two years. The Giants announced the decision on Monday morning.

Giants’ co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch released the following statement:

The 2025 season has been deeply disappointing, and the results on the field have not lived up to the standard this organization and our fans expect.

As previously stated, Joe Schoen will remain our General Manager and continue to lead our football operations and the search for our next head coach. Continuity and stability in the front office is important to our progress.

We believe in our young core of talent, which we can build around for future success.

The Giants are opting for allowing Schoen to continue to try to build a roster they believe has a core of young talent, including a franchise quarterback in Jaxson Dart, that they believe needs to be properly developed and supplemented.

They will aim to pair Schoen with a head coach who can develop that talent, hold players accountable, and help the Giants — who blew five double-digit leads in 2025 — learn how to win games.

Schoen’s mistakes in his first four seasons are many.

Highly-drafted players like Evan Neal, Deonte Banks, and Jalin Hyatt not working out; Largely underwhelming work in free agency; A high number of talented, core players leaving the Giants and succeeding elsewhere; Hiring Brian Daboll as head coach.

Yet, there have been successes.

• Getting both Abdul Carter and quarterback Jaxson Dart in Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft by properly reading the draft board.
• Selecting Malik Nabers at No. 6 in the 2024 NFL Draft rather than reaching for a quarterback like J.J. McCarthy the organization was not completely comfortable with.
• Finding the pieces for what became the best Giants offensive line in years in 2025.
• Finding players like Cam Skattebo, Marcus Mbow, Tyrone Tracy, Theo Johnson, Micah McFadden, and Dane Belton on Day 3 of the draft.
• Bringing in a number of players in the last two draft classes who look like pieces the Giants can go forward with.
• Trading for Brian Burns.
• Re-tooling and updating the Giants’ technology and processes.
• It is debatable just how healthy the Giants’ salary cap situation is, but to at least some level making the Giants healthier in terms of the cap than they were when Schoen became GM/

The Giants are banking on the idea that despite Schoen’s flaws and mistakes that enough progress has been made that the Giants want to move forward and build rather than tear down and start over. Again.

They are banking on the idea that the right coach, and right coaching staff, along with continued building of the roster, can make the difference in many of the close games the Giants have lost over the past two seasons.