New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll was named the 2023 AP NFL Coach of the Year on Thursday night at the annual NFL Honors. Daboll won the award following a successful first season as the Giants’ head coach.
Daboll led the Giants to their first postseason berth since 2016 and their first playoff victory since 2012 (Super Bowl XLVI). The Giants earned the sixth seed in the NFC with a 9-7-1 record. Daboll edged out Jaguars HC Doug Pederson and 49ers HC Kyle Shanahan to win the award.
Brian Daboll is the first Giants coach to be selected Coach of the Year since Jim Fassel in 1997.