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New York Giants head coach Joe Judge interviewed Mike Shula for the team's offensive coordinator role on Monday, according to Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com.
As new coach Joe Judge tries to fill out his staff, he interviewed Mike Shula on Monday for the Giants offensive coordinator job, per sources. Shula was the Giants OC the last two years under Pat Shurmur. Helped in the development of Daniel Jones.
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) January 14, 2020
Shula has been the Giants' offensive coordinator for each of the last two seasons.
Of course, this could just be a courtesy interview on the part of Judge, because it seems relatively unlikely that he would like to retain an offensive coordinator that wasn't his, but it's still worth noting.
Shula has ample experience as an offensive play-caller on the NFL level.
He landed his first offensive coordinator job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back in 1996, holding that post through 1999. He also served as offensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers from 2013 through 2017.
The 54-year-old notched his first NFL job in general back in 1988, when he was named an offensive assistant for the Buccaneers. He served in that role for three-season before moving on to the Miami Dolphins in 1991, holding a job as an assistant for a couple of years before becoming the Chicago Bears' tight ends coach in 1993, lasting for three seasons.
After his second stint with Tampa Bay, Shula was named the Dolphins' quarterbacks coach in 2000, working in that position for three seasons before heading down to the collegiate ranks where he took over as head coach of the University of Alabama in 2003.
Shula then returned to the pros in 2007, taking a job as the Jacksonville Jaguars' quarterbacks coach before eventually landing with the Panthers as quarterbacks coach in 2011.
The Giants went just 4-12 last season.
