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Giants hire Cam Achord as special teams assistant

The New York Giants have hired former New England Patriots special teams coordinator Cam Achord as an assistant special teams coach.

The New York Giants continued to round out their coaching staff on Friday, hiring Cam Achord as an assistant special teams coach.

ESPN’s Jordan Raanan was the first to report news of the hiring.

The 37-year-old Achord began his coaching career as a special teams graduate assistant for Southern Mississippi in 2010. In 2012, he was promoted to offensive graduate assistant before joining Southwest Mississippi Community College in 2013.

Achord remained at Southwest Mississippi CC through 2017, serving in various roles ranging from running backs coach to special teams coordinator to offensive coordinator.

In 2018, Bill Belichick hired Achord as the New England Patriots’ assistant special teams coach. In 2020, he became the team’s special teams coordinator, where he remained through the 2023 regular season.

During his time with the Patriots, Achord picked up a Super Bowl LIII title.

The Giants had an opening at the position after promoting Mike Adams to assistant secondary coach.

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Giants announce new hires, more coaching changes

The New York Giants have officially announced the hire of Frank Piraino and revealed several new title changes for members of their staff.

As the NFL heads toward the new league year on March 13, the New York Giants continue to add to and tweak their coaching staff.

This week they announced that Frank Piraino was officially hired as the team’s new director of strength and conditioning.

Drew Wilson, the Giants’ assistant strength and conditioning coach for the past three seasons, has been given a new title: assistant director of strength and conditioning.

In other news, Mike Adams — the Giants’ assistant special teams coach last season — has been named the team’s assistant secondary coach and will work with both defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator Jerome Henderson and safeties coach Mike Treier.

Piraino is the fourth former Tennessee Titans coach to move to the Giants this offseason. The others are defensive coordinator Shane Bowen, tight ends coach Tim Kelly, and defensive assistant Zak Kuhr.

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Commanders request interview with Giants’ Mike Adams for DB coach job

The Washington Commanders have requested an interview with New York Giants assistant Mike Adams for their vacant DB coaching position.

The New York Giants have dealt with a significant coaching staff shuffle this offseason, which shows no signs of slowing down.

Earlier this week, the Washington Commanders requested to interview Giants’ assistant special teams coach Mike Adams for their vacant defensive backs coaching job.

The Giants are not permitted to grant Washington’s request but given that this would technically be a promotion, it’s believed they will.

Adams joined the Giants as a coaching intern in 2022 before taking on the assistant special teams coordinator role in 2023. Before that, he served as the assistant defensive backs coach for the Chicago Bears (2021).

The New Jersey native was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2004. He spent 16 seasons in the NFL, also making stops with the Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, and Houston Texans.

Adams was a two-time Pro Bowler during his playing career.

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Commanders request permission to speak with Giants’ assistant coach

The Commanders looking to speak with a Giants’ assistant, who played 16 NFL seasons.

New Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn is working to fill out his coaching staff. Shortly after accepting the job, Quinn quickly settled on his offensive coordinator (Kliff Kingsbury) and defensive coordinator (Joe Whitt Jr.).

After Monday’s press conference introducing Quinn, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported that Washington contacted the Raiders to request permission to speak with their 2023 defensive backs coach Jason Simmons. The Raiders granted permission.

On Tuesday, the Commanders reached out to another potential secondary coach.

According to Art Stapleton, a beat reporter and NFL columnist for The Record and NorthJersey.com, the Commanders reached out to the New York Giants with a request to interview their assistant special teams coach Mike Adams.

Adams is rather new to the coaching world, having just retired from 16 16-year playing career in 2019. Adams played for six teams throughout the course of his career and was a former two-time Pro Bowl selection.

He entered the coaching ranks in 2021 as an assistant defensive backs coach for the Bears. In 2023, he moved to the Bears as an assistant special teams coach.

Stapleton says Adams would be interviewing to be Washington’s secondary coach if the Giants grant permission.

Adams served as a special teams coordinator at last week’s Senior Bowl.

Adams, 42, played in 228 career games and finished with 30 interceptions.

Giants’ Shea Tierney, Mike Adams will serve as Senior Bowl coordinators

New York Giants QB coach Shea Tierney and assistant special teams coach Mike Adams have been named coordinators for the 2024 Senior Bowl.

The New York Giants will be well-represented during the college All-Star season.

On Thursday, February 1, Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka will serve as head coach of the West team during the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl. But he’s not the only one who will be busy that week.

Just a few short days later, on Saturday, February 3, two other members of the Giants will step up to the plate during the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl.

On Wednesday, it was announced that Giants quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney will serve as offensive coordinator of the National Team.

Tierney has coached quarterbacks for the past two years with New York after four seasons with the Buffalo Bills. During that time, he served as offensive assistant and assistant quarterbacks coach under Brian Daboll, who is currently head coach of the Giants.

In addition to Tierney, Giants assistant special teams coach Mike Adams has been named special teams coordinator of the American Team.

After 16 seasons in the NFL and two Pro Bowl appearances, Adams joined the Chicago Bears as an assistant defensive backs coach in 2021. He sat out the 2022 season before joining Daboll’s Giants staff in July of 2023.

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8 special teams coordinator candidates Giants could consider

The New York Giants are on the hunt for a new special teams coordinator and these are 8 potential candidates they could consider.

The New York Giants are in need of a new special teams coordinator after firing long-time assistant Thomas McGaughey on Monday.

Here are eight quick names the team might look at.

Note: Some of these candidates may currently be employed with other teams and would require termination (or resignation) before joining the Giants.

Giants adding former Pro Bowl safety Mike Adams to coaching staff

The Giants are reportedly adding former Pro Bowl safety Mike Adams to their coaching staff.

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The New York Giants are reportedly adding former Pro Bowl safety Mike Adams to their coaching staff for the upcoming season.

The news comes from ESPN’s Jordan Ranaan, and the hiring has since been confirmed by the team, via press release stating Adams will be the new assistant special teams coach.

Adams, 42, is a Paterson, New Jersey native who played his high school ball at Passaic County Tech in Wayne before moving on to a collegiate career at the University of Delaware.

Adams went undrafted in the 2004 NFL draft and went on to play 228 NFL games over a 16-year career, beginning with San Francisco and ending in Houston.

He also had stops in Cleveland, Denver, Indianapolis and Carolina, and was was named to two Pro Bowls in his career — in 2014 and 2015 as a member of the Indianapolis Colts.

Adams has one year of coaching experience on his resume as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Chicago Bears in 2021.

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Report: Bears add former S Mike Adams to defensive coaching staff

The Bears are one step closer to having a full coaching staff after hiring former Pro Bowl safety Mike Adams to serve as assistant DB coach.

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The Chicago Bears are one step closer to having a full coaching staff after reportedly hiring former Pro Bowl safety Mike Adams on Monday morning.

According to NBC Sports Chicago’s Adam Hoge, Adams will become the team’s assistant defensive backs coach. The 39-year old will coach under defensive backs coach Deshea Townsend, who is entering his third season with the team. His hiring fills the vacancy left by new defensive coordinator Sean Desai, was the team’s safeties coach prior to his promotion.

This is Adams’ first coaching job after playing 16 years in the NFL. He began his career with the San Francisco 49ers, signing as an undrafted free agent in 2004. From there, he had stints with the Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, and Houston Texans.

Adams earned Pro Bowl honors with the Colts in 2014 and 2015 and has connections with a few Bears personnel. He played with Bears head coach Matt Nagy when both were attending the University of Delaware. Adams also most recently played with safety Tashaun Gipson when both were members of the Texans secondary in 2019.

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Countdown to Texas Football: Best to wear No. 83

The countdown to kickoff continues as Longhorns Wire remembers the best player in history to wear number 83.

With 83 days remaining until the scheduled kickoff of the season at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial stadium, Longhorns Wire continues the countdown. Before Roy Williams was setting records on the Forty Acres, our featured player on the countdown was the top dog in Longhorns history.

Mike Adams (1992-96)

Adams joined the Longhorns in 1992 where he was named to the USA TODAY Sports’ freshman All-American team. That year he accounted for 964 all-purpose yards on 63 touches. That season Adams scored a total of three touchdowns. One receiving, one rushing and one on a punt return.

Over the next several seasons Mike Adams would prove to be the best receiver in Longhorns history, in terms of statistics at this point in time. Today Adams is still third all-time in receiving yards in school history with 3,032 yards. He only trails Roy Williams and Jordan Shipley for the most career receiving yards.

Adams helped the Longhorns win the first ever Big 12 Championship when they defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the inaugural season for the conference. Adams would end his college career in a losing effort to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl.

As it stands today, Mike Adams is still third in all-purpose yards in school history. His 5,822 yards is slightly better than Eric Metcalf and behind running backs Ricky Williams (7,206) and Cedric Benson (6,161). Adams is one of the best receivers in Longhorns history that no one ever talks about.

After being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1997 NFL Draft, Adams was out of the league after one season. He played one year in the CFL during the 2000 season with the BC Lions.

Currently Al’Vonte Woodard wears number 83 for the Texas Longhorns. Woodard caught three passes for 28 yards in three games played in 2019.

One play that made S Mike Adam’s time with the Texans worthwhile

Safety Mike Adams announced his retirement from the NFL. There is one play that made his time with the Houston Texans worthwhile for everyone.

Houston Texans safety Mike Adams announced his retirement from the NFL on March 4. Though the 16-year veteran spent six games with the AFC South club in 2019, Adams’ time with the Texans was consequential.

It wasn’t so much what he did in the regular season, collecting just three tackles. Rather, it was the 38-year-old’s performance in the AFC wild-card versus the Buffalo Bills that fans and the organization will never forget.

On a first-and-10 from the Buffalo 25-yard line, quarterback Josh Allen dumped off a screen pass to running back Devin Singletary that flipped the field for a 38-yard gain. The chunk play could have been worse if not for Adams and his experience of playing 228 regular season games to that point. The two-time Pro Bowler waited for Singletary to come his way and used the sideline as a defender to make the tackle.

“The tackle he made on the screen pass down the sideline, using the sideline properly to — that could have been a touchdown,” coach Bill O’Brien said on Jan. 8.

If it would have been a touchdown, the Bills would have reclaimed the lead after the Texans had just secured it 19-16 on their last drive. Presuming the Bills make the extra point and create a 23-19 lead, quarterback Deshaun Watson and the offense would have had a little over four minutes to drive for a touchdown.

Instead, because of Adams’ tackle, the Bills’ drive stalled with Allen taking a 19-yard sack on fourth-and-27 from Houston’s 42-yard line.

Adams produced four tackles, a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble in his 66 snaps in the wild-card game, 55 of which came on defense.

Said O’Brien: “He’s just a really good guy, good pro. He’s been around a long time, studies well, prepares well. He’s been really good in that room.”

“Any time you have a guy on your team or multiple guys on your team that have played like 10-plus years in the league, they’re really guys that you want to point to the younger player and say, ‘Look at this guy. Here’s a guy who’s lasted a long time. This is a good guy to ask about how he lasted that long relative to doing what’s best for the team, taking care of his body, just having a good team attitude his whole career,'” said O’Brien.

Now, the Texans will have to look for another safety to fill the position that Adams vacates.