Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is set to hire former New York Giants defensive backs coach Everett Withers as their assistant head coach and defensive passing game coordinator.
Pete Thamel of ESPN was the first to report the news.
Sources: FAU is set to hire Everett Withers as the assistant head coach and defensive passing game coordinator. He's a former head coach at JMU and Texas State who spent last year at Temple as chief-of-staff.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 22, 2022
The 59-year-old Withers spent the 2019 season with the Giants under then-head coach Pat Shurmur. He worked alongside defensive coordinator James Bettcher, while Henry Baker served as his assistant defensive backs coach.
The Giants, who finished 4-12 that season, sported the fifth-worst passing defense in 2019. They allowed a total of 4,225 yards passing and 30 touchdowns.
Shurmur was fired following the season and the majority of his staff, including Withers, were also let go.
After his time with the Giants, Withers joined Texas as an analyst. He then went on to serve as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for FIU (2021) and assistant head coach for Temple (2022).
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