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Giants’ head coaching search hits its first real snag before it even starts

New York Giants fans can’t catch a break. When it rains for Giants fans, it doesn’t just pour. It torrentially downpours. One day removed from surrendering the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 Draft to the Las Vegas Raiders, one of the more interesting head coaching candidates took his name off Big Blue's preliminary list.

Notre Dame's head football coach, Marcus Freeman, started off as a relative dark horse for the open position after the Giants parted ways with head coach Brian Daboll, and he quickly became one of the more intriguing names in recent weeks.