Chad Hall is going from coaching Jaxson Dart to Malik Nabers. New Giants head coach John Harbaugh is expected to name Hall, the team’s 2025 assistant quarterbacks coach, as their new wide receivers coach for the 2026 NFL season, per CBS Sports. Retaining Hall, 39, keeps one familiar face from Dart ’s rookie year on the offensive side of the building for his second NFL season, with Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka and Shea Tierney all long gone. And it allows Hall to return to the position room he knows best. The former NFL wide receiver coached the likes of Stefon Diggs, Gabe Davis and Brian Thomas Jr. from 2019 through 2024 for the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars, respectively. Hall was hired last offseason while the Giants were pursuing his brother-in-law, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, in a trade. Stafford ultimately decided to stay in Los Angeles. But Hall managed to convince Harbaugh that his one year of work with Dart and the Giants’ offense will be able to help the players translate their 2025 work to the playbook of whatever offensive coordinator Harbaugh hires. Harbaugh already had shown interest in Hall before when Hall interviewed for the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator vacancy in Jan. 2023, as well. Hall succeeds Mike Groh, who coached the Giants’ receivers for Daboll’s full three-and-a-half term as head coach. The question now is who Harbaugh is going to hire to run Dart’s offense. The team missed out on its top choice, former Ravens OC Todd Monken, who chose the Cleveland Browns’ head coaching job instead. Hall returning as wide receivers could offer a clue to Broncos QB coach Davis Webb being a real possibility for the Giants, since Webb was on the Bills’ roster from 2019-21 while Hall coached their wideouts. But Webb also is considered the front runner to be promoted to Denver’s offensive coordinator position on Sean Payton’s staff — although it’s possible the Giants could have a leg up on Denver in being able to offer Webb playcalling duties, something Payton does himself in Denver. Kliff Kingsbury remains the biggest name available on the free agent offensive coordinator board at the moment, and Harbaugh must exhaust all options and resources to identify the best fit for Dart and for his offense. As for Hall, he could end up having to start the 2026 season with Nabers still sidelined by a surgically repaired ACL. So this will be no easy task in year one. Then again, the Giants have some high draft picks and could add more talent to that room in a few months, too. ANOTHER FAMILIAR FACE ON DEFENSE Harbaugh also is hiring Ravens defensive backs coach Donald D’Alesio, per CBS Sports, with the title of defensive pass game coordinator and secondary coach, per ESPN. D’Alesio interestingly does not have experience coaching with Giants new defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson, who held the Ravens’ defensive backs coach title in 2023, two years before D’Alesio. But they are both trusted former Harbaugh Baltimore assistants with experience knowing what the head coach expects from that side of the ball. The Giants’ secondary is in major need of a jumpstart after a horrendous season on the back end courtesy of poor drafting, unnecessarily frequent staff turnover and lackadaisical play. D’Alesio should be receiving reinforcements from the draft, though. Harbaugh has a history of prioritizing corners and safeties in play acquisition. ...read more read less