Summary The New York Giants dismissed head coach Brian Daboll in Week 10 of the 2025 season after a pattern of poor results, late-game collapses and troubling player-safety issues. Owner John Mara had publicly demanded improvement in January; Daboll leaves with an 11-33 record over three seasons. Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka was named interim head coach and is expected to continue calling plays.
Why the move came now The decision combined on-field performance and off-field conduct. The Giants have opened 2-8 in each of the past three seasons, and this year’s team has repeatedly surrendered late leads — including a 24-20 loss in Chicago in which New York blew a double-digit lead with fewer than four minutes remaining. Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart was injured in that game and has since been placed in concussion protocol; concerns over how often he was exposed to heavy hits and the team’s handling of the situation accelerated the organization’s urgency. League discipline followed incidents in which staff entered the medical tent to check on Dart, drawing added scrutiny on the program’s adherence to concussion procedures.
What Kafka brings as interim Mi
