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Giants’ John Egorugwu added to West Team staff at Shrine Bowl

New York Giants inside linebackers coach John Egorugwu will join Shane Bowen on staff at the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl.

New York Giants defensive coordinator Shane Bowen will serve as head coach of the West Team at the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl on January 30 and he’s bringing at least one assistant with him.

On Thursday, it was announced that Giants inside linebacker John Egorugwu will join Bowen on the West Team staff as defensive coordinator.

The Giants hired Egorugwu in 2022 when the regime of general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll took over. That came on the heels of a one-year stint as Vanderbilt’s linebackers coach.

Before returning to Vandy in 2021, Egorugwu spent four seasons (2017-2020) as a defensive quality control coach and assistant linebackers coach for the Buffalo Bills, where he worked alongside Daboll.

Egorugwu also worked under former Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale for two years (2015-2016) as a member of the Baltimore Ravens’ coaching staff, serving as a defensive assistant.

Under Egorugwu, the team’s inside linebackers have become a strength. He’s overseen the strong play of veteran Bobby Okereke and the impressive development of 2022 fifth-round pick Micah McFadden.

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Giants expected to hire Mike Groh, John Egorugwu

The New York Giants are expected to hire two more assistants to Brian Daboll’s staff: Mike Groh and John Egorugwu.

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Brian Daboll’s coaching staff for the New York Giants continues to take shape with new assistants being added seemingly daily.

Following the hires of both Tony Sparano Jr. and Andre Patterson on Thursday morning, the Giants added two more on Thursday night.

The first, reports Art Stapleton of USA TODAY, is former Indianapolis Colts assistant Mike Groh, who will take over as the Giants’ wide receivers coach.

The Giants had interviewed former wide receivers coach Adam Henry, but decided to not hire him. The team was looking to replace Tyke Tolbert, who had been the wide receivers coach for the last four seasons.

Groh had been the Indianapolis Colts’ wide receivers coach for the las two seasons under Frank Reich. Before that, he was the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2018-2019.

Groh, the son of former New York Jets head coach Al Groh, was also on Doug Pederson’s Super Bowl winning staff as the wide receivers coach.

Meanwhile, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic reports that the Giants will also hire former Vanderbilt linebackers coach John Egorugwu.

Prior to returning to Vandy in 2021, Egorugwu spent four seasons (2017-2020) serving as a defensive quality control coach and assistant linebackers coach for the Buffalo Bills. While there, he worked alongside Daboll.

Egorugwu also worked under Don “Wink” Martindale for two years (2015-2016) as a member of Baltimore Ravens’ coaching staff, serving as a defensive assistant.

It’s unclear what Egorugwu’s role will be in East Rutherford, but it’s a safe bet that he’ll somehow be involved with the linebackers.

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