Giants GM Joe Schoen returning despite 4-13 season - ESPN

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are retaining general manager Joe Schoen despite closing out a third straight losing season Sunday, the team announced Monday.

The Giants fired coach Brian Daboll last month, and Schoen was figured to be on the hot seat. Schoen and Daboll were hired together in 2022.

Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch said in a statement Monday that although the results of the 2025 season were «deeply disappointing,» they are prioritizing «continuity and stability» in the front office, calling it «important to our progress.»

New York (4-13) has the fifth pick in the 2026 NFL draft after winning its final two games.

The Giants were complimentary last year of the staff that Schoen, 46, had assembled, and Mara had boasted that the information they were using to make personnel decisions was the best he had seen.

Their last two draft classes appear promising as a result, seemingly guiding the decision to retain Schoen. Those drafts produced quarterback Jaxson Dart, wide receiver Malik Nabers, edge rusher Abdul Carter and running backs Cam Skattebo and Tyrone Tracy Jr., among others.

«We believe in our young core of talent, which we can build around for future success,» Mara and Tisch said in their statement Monday.

Schoen has been handling the team's coaching search over the past month, doing the heavy lifting as Mara deals with cancer. Schoen, with the input of his inner circle, submitted a list of candidates to ownership last week.

The Giants' search for the team's next head coach is expected to kick into high gear this week now that the regular season is over, and the team said Monday that Schoen will continue to lead the search. Interim coach Mike Kafka is expected to be one of the