John Harbaugh did not have to wait very long to find a new job.
The New York Giants have offered Harbaugh a five-year deal to become their next head coach, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday morning. Harbaugh has already accepted the offer, which will make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid coaches, Rapoport reports.
The former Baltimore Ravens head coach spent just over a week out of a job before zeroing in on his expected new landing spot after his previous team fired him on Jan. 6.
The 2019 NFL Coach of the Year had his first in-person meeting with the Giants on Jan. 14 after a full week of virtual meetings with New York and other teams.
Once the deal is finalized, the Giants would become the first of nine teams to fill a head-coaching vacancy this offseason.
Harbaugh, 63, immediately became the top head coaching candidate available after he and the Ravens parted ways. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Jan. 6 that seven teams had reached out to the former Ravens coach’s agent about their vacancies within 45 minutes of Harbaugh’s firing.
By the time the Ravens fired Harbaugh, he had been their head coach for 18 full seasons, compiling a 180-113 record and winning a Super Bowl in that span. His 180 wins make him the 14th-most-winningest coach in NFL history and are the fourth-most among all active coaches. Harbaugh’s 13 playoff wins are tied for seventh-most all time and are the second-most among active coaches, trailing only Chiefs head coach Andy Reid (28).
Harbaugh’s tenure with the Ravens ended following Baltimore’s Week 18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers that eliminated it from playoff contention. Ravens rookie kicker Tyler Loop’s go-ahead, 44-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right as time expired to sink the Ravens’ record to 8-9. This season marked the second time in the last eight years that Baltimore missed the playoffs.
In New York, Harbaugh would succeed Brian Daboll, who was fired on Nov. 10 after a 2-8 start. The Giants opted to keep general manager Joe Schoen to conduct the coaching search.
