The Giants’ four-week search for a defensive coordinator landed on former Tennessee Titans DC Shane Bowen on Monday, according to multiple reports.
Bowen, 37, has been in the NFL since 2016 and worked as Mike Vrabel’s coordinator for three seasons from 2021-23.
The Titans finished in last place in the AFC South this season. His defense ranked 16th in points and 18th in yards. Vrabel got fired and now is a free agent.
Bowen runs a 3-4 base defense which the Giants hope will help in the transition away from Wink Martindale, who resigned from the team in early January.
He’s expected to inherit incumbent coaches like Giants secondary coach Jerome Henderson and defensive line coach Andre Patterson.
The Giants’ DC search dragged on into February as multiple candidates chose other more stable situations with Brian Daboll under pressure entering year three.
The news broke just before NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s state of the union at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. And it came on the heels of the Giants blocking OC Mike Kafka from interviewing for the Seahawks offensive coordinator job and letting tight ends coach Andy Bischoff out for a lateral move to the Chargers as TE coach/run game coordinator.
Bischoff’s departure marked the eighth coaching change from Daboll’s 2023 staff.
