Baylor University head coach Matt Rhule appeared as a prime candidate for a potential head coaching vacancy long before the NY Giants announced that they were parting ways with Pat Shurmur. However, since the announcement that New York would be moving on from Shurmur, reports have surfaced that Rhule is the top choice to replace him.
Matt Rhule was a college linebacker for Penn State University from 1994-1997. Immediately following his college playing career, Rhule would go into the coaching realm as a linebackers coach for Albright in 1998. He would spend the next two years as the defensive line coach for the University of Buffalo before going to UCLA in 2001 to take over the same role with the Bruins.