We have now our first identified candidate for the Tennessee Titans’ vacant particular groups coordinator job.
In accordance with NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo, the Titans are set to interview former New York Giants particular groups coordinator Thomas McGaughey for a similar position.
McGaughey, who was fired by the Giants final month after six years and surviving a number of head-coach adjustments, can also be a candidate for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ emptiness, per Garafolo, as is former Titans particular groups coordinator, Craig Aukerman.
McGaughey really had a pair of stints with New York, the place he additionally served as assistant particular groups coordinator from 2007-10.
In accordance with NFL analyst Rick Gosselin, who posts the definitive particular groups rankings yearly, the Giants completed because the No. 23 unit within the league in 2023, however was tied for the league lead in takeaways.
Right here’s extra on McGaughey’s tenure in New York, per
McGaughey initially discovered success with the Giants’ particular groups, and so they lead the NFL in a number of classes akin to kick protection, return yardage allowed, and subject objective proportion. Nevertheless, the unit was beset by inconsistencies and game-killing errors during the last two season, which finally result in McGaughey’s exit.
The entire hires Titans head coach Brian Callahan and normal supervisor Ran Carthon have made have labored with no less than one in every of them. So far as I can inform, there isn’t a reference to McGaughey for Callahan or Carthon.