After spending the last three years with the Kansas City Chiefs, Matt Nagy will take on a new challenge in 2026. Nagy was reportedly hired to be the New York Giants’ next offensive coordinator, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Nagy, 47, brings plenty of experience to the role. In addition to being an offensive coordinator with the Chiefs, Nagy also spent four years as a head coach with the Chicago Bears.
Nagy rose to prominence with the Chiefs, where he was originally the team’s quarterbacks coach before being promoted to its offensive coordinator for the 2017 NFL season. The team ranked sixth in points scored that season, leading to Nagy getting head-coaching interviews in the offseason.
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The Bears liked what they heard from Nagy, and hired him as the team’s head coach ahead of the 2018 season. Nagy’s tenure in Chicago started strong, as the team went 12-4 in his first season, making the playoffs. But the Bears fell in the wild-card round against the Philadelphia Eagles thanks to the now infamous “double doink.”
Still, it was a successful debut. The Bears ranked ninth in points scored that season and had a promising, young quarterback in Mitch Trubisky at the helm.
But things quickly fell apart. While the Bears went 8-8 in each of the next two seasons, making the playoffs again in 2020, Trubisky failed to develop and the offense sputtered. After that ninth-place finish in 2018, the Bears dropped to 29th and 22nd in points scored in Nagy’s next two years.
That led to the team jettisoning Trubisky in favor of veteran Andy Dalton. The team then drafted Justin Fields with the No. 11 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
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Neither player performed well. The Bears went 6-11 that season, leading to Nagy’s firing. He put together a 34-31 record with the franchise.
The Chiefs quickly re-hired Nagy as their offensive coordinator following his exit from Chicago. In his three years back on the job, Nagy’s Chiefs ranked 15th, 15th and 21st in points scored.
With his contract up at the end of the 2025 season, Nagy was expected to once again receive head-coaching interviews. While he did speak with teams, Nagy failed to get any of the open head-coaching roles. Curiously, the Chiefs did not wait on Nagy, instead bringing back Eric Bieniemy to replace Nagy as the team’s offensive coordinator.
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With his old job no longer available, Nagy will head to New York as part of John Harbaugh’s staff. The Giants do have promise on offense, with second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart, star wideout Malik Nabers and bruising running back Cam Skattebo all looking like key pieces moving forward.
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It will be up to Nagy to draw out the best in each of those players and develop an offense that can take advantage of Dart’s dual-threat ability. Nagy showed he was capable of as much during his first season with Chicago, but that success didn’t last.
This time around, Nagy will have to build an offense that lasts. If he can manage that in New York, it won’t be long before he’s once again one of the more desirable names on the head-coaching market.
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