The New York Giants named Michael Ghobrial their new special teams coordinator on Thursday. Ghobria is familiar with the commute to MetLife Stadium after spending the past three seasons as a special teams assistant coach on loan with the New York Jets. Ghobrial, 35, was the special teams coordinator at the college level for five seasons at Tarleton State (2016-17), Hawaii (2018-19) and Washington State (2020) before joining the Jets. He replaces Thomas McGaughey, who was fired after a 6-11 season..
In 2023, the Jets led the league in punt returns, allowing 15.3 yards per punt return. Greg Zuerlein was 35-of-38 from the field and rookie return specialist Xavier Gipson was second in the league with 23.2 yards per punt return..
