Pat Shurmur’s tenure with the New York Giants ended on Black Monday a few weeks ago when he was dismissed as the team’s head coach.
Shurmur though, didn’t have much trouble finding his next gig in the league, as he’s expected to become the next offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos.
Shurmur had interest from several teams around the league, one of which was the Chicago Bears. Some had thought he’d join Matt Nagy’s staff to potentially work with Mitch Trubisky, but Shurmur, whose been known as a quarterback whisperer as an assistant coach, will go to Denver to join Vic Fangio’s staff and help with Drew Lock instead.
Despite the struggles with the Giants, going 9-23 in his two seasons as the head coach, Shurmur worked well with Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones. Jones publicly advocated for Shurmur to remain the head coach, but the Giants decided to move in another direction, which ended up being Joe Judge.
Whether he will be a head coach in the NFL again or not remains to be seen, but Shurmur has always been able to find work as an offensive coordinator in the league. Before taking the Giants’ head coaching job, Shurmur was the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings.
Prior to that, Shurmur was also the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams. He also served two seasons as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns.
