The Giants hired former Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Tim Kelly as Brian Daboll’s new tight ends coach on Tuesday.
Kelly, 37, replaces Andy Bischoff, who left in a lateral move to the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday. Kelly is the second former Mike Vrabel Titans coordinator to join the Giants in the last two days.
Former Titans defensive coordinator Shane Bowen, 37, was tabbed on Monday as Daboll’s defensive coordinator replacement for Wink Martindale, who resigned in early January. That search took four weeks.
Vrabel, 48, is still a free agent after getting fired in Tennessee and not landing a head coaching job this cycle.
Bowen and Kelly both worked in Tennessee with Ryan Cowden, who is now the Giants’ executive advisor to GM Joe Schoen.
Cowden worked as the Titans’ director of player personnel (2016-17), VP of player personnel (2018-22) and interim GM (2022) before the organization hired Ran Carthon as their new full-time GM last year.
Kelly has worked for the Texans (2014-21) and Titans (2022-23), serving as offensive coordinator at times for both clubs. Tennessee was 27th in points scored and 28th in yards on offense last season while transitioning to rookie quarterback Will Levis.
At the moment, Daboll’s offensive staff features him as the head coach, offensive coordinator Mike Kafka — after being blocked from the Seattle Seahawks’ OC position — quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney, offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo (Raiders), wide receivers coach Mike Groh, running backs coach Joel Thomas (Saints) and the tight ends coach Kelly.
