Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo is predicted to attract interest from the Giants’ regarding their head coaching emptiness, per The Exhibit’s Josina Anderson.
Anarumo, 59, is some of the respected defensive coaches within the NFL. He began his profession with the Dolphins in 2012, serving as their defensive backs coach until 2017 with a transient stint as interim defensive coordinator in 2015. After a 12 months because the Giants’ DBs coach in 2018, Anarumo was hired by the Bengals in 2019 under incoming head coach Zac Taylor.
Anarumo turned a Cincinnati defense that ranked thirtieth in points and thirty second in yards allowed into a good one inside a number of seasons. Nevertheless, the unit only ranked among the many league’s top-10 in either category during his tenure, though that might even be attributed to the team’s poor draft-and-develop record with defensive players. After the Bengals regressed to the Twenty fifth-ranked defense in 2024, Anarumo was fired.
The veteran coach quickly drew DC interest and interviewed with the Colts and the Falcons. He was hired in Indianapolis and has been a significant a part of their 8-3 start. Though the offense has been the first driver of the Colts’ success, their defense has greater than held up their end of the cut price. The Bengals, meanwhile, usually are not just the league’s worst defense; they’re a historically bad unit.
Anarumo’s success in Indianapolis will likely get him on the radar for open head coaching jobs throughout the 2026 hiring cycle, including the Giants’ emptiness. He has past experience in Latest York under the identical ownership and a relationship with general manager Joe Schoen. The 2 overlapped in Miami from 2012 to 2016, where Schoen rose through the scouting department to eventually turn into the director of player personnel. The familiarity with Schoen in addition to Giants owner and president John Mara could definitely be a consider getting Anarumo an interview.
When asked about his interest in a head coaching position on Tuesday, Anarumo said (via Joel Erickson of the Indianapolis Star) that he can be lying if he said he didn’t need a top job, but added that his focus was on the Colts’ next opponent.
It’ll be interesting to see if Latest York pursues a defensive-minded coach. They’ve not hired a former defensive coordinator as a head coach since Bill Parcells in 1983.