New York Giants special team coordinator Thomas McGaughey reportedly met with one of his old teams — the Carolina Panthers — regarding their open special teams position.
In the end, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports that things didn’t work out despite Carolina’s pursuit.
Since special teams were kinda important this weekend… The #Panthers and Thomas McGaughey were unable to come to an agreement to make him their special-teams coach, sources say. He’s still under contract with the #Giants and has spoken to the #Chargers, as @GManzano24 reported.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 24, 2022
McGaughey, the Giants’ special teams coordinator since 2018, was the Panthers’ ST coordinator from 2106-17 before going the Giants under Pat Shurmur in 2018. He was retained by Joe Judge in 2020 and is still under contract with the Giants.
The Giants are in the midst of hiring a new head coach and have not made any decisions on assistants other than they are interviewing defensive coordinator Patrick Graham for their head coaching opening.
In the interim, the Giants appear to be willing to allow their assistants to seek outside employment should those opportunities arise.
