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New York Giants hire Burton Burns as running backs coach (Report)

Only an hour after the news broke that Jason Garrett would be the New York Giants’ next offensive coordinator, the team has made another addition to their staff.

Alex Marvez of SiriusXM is reporting that Burton Burns will be the Giants’ new running backs coach replacing Craig Johnson, who had held the position since 2014.

Source tells @SiriusXMNFL that Burton Burns will be new @Giants RBs coach. Burns is a long-time RBs coach who most recently was @AlabamaFTBL asst athletic director/football

— Alex Marvez (@alexmarvez) January 18, 2020

Burns is a 67-year old running backs expert.