Kris Richard, Defensive Coordinator

Kris Richard interviewed for the Giants’ head coaching job last week and the team reportedly came away “very impressed.”

Richard was the defensive backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 2010-2014, where his hard hitting secondary earned the nickname “the legion of boom.” He took over as defensive coordinator for the team from 2015-2017 after the departure of Dan Quinn.

Unfortunately, his defense gave up the most points in the NFL in 2015. The following year they ranked 28th and then only marginally improved to 22nd in 2017.

Richard was hired as defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator for the Cowboys in 2018, where he spent the previous to seasons in this role.

He is still just 40 years old and is certainly a candidate to takeover the Giants defense and their very “green” secondary.