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Feb 8, 2022

New York Giants assistant Jody Wright will not return to East Rutherford in 2022. Rather, he will head back to the college level and assume a role as South Carolina’s tight ends coach. - Matt Zenitz of On3 Sports was the first to report on Wright’s new gig. - South Carolina is expected to hire Jody Wright as its new tight ends coach, sources tell On3. Wright, a former Alabama staffer and ex-UAB assistant, was on the New York Giants’ coaching staff the last two years under Joe Judge. - Wright was Alabama’s director of player personnel from 2015-17 after previously working for the Crimson Tide as a support staffer from 2010-12. He was UAB’s assistant head coach and offensive line coach in 2018 and a member of the Cleveland Browns’ coaching staff in 2019. - Wright joined the Giants in 2020 as a part of Joe Judge’s coaching staff. He first served as a defensive assistant before becoming an offensive assistant in 2021. - The Giants did not intend to retain Wright following Judge’s termination and the hiring of Brian Daboll as head coach. - Meanwhile, another former Giants assistant, Craig Johnson, is expected to join Indiana University as their new running backs coach. Ironically, he will replace Deland McCullough, who turned down the Giants and instead took a job at Notre Dame. - Johnson served as the Giants’ running backs coach from 2014 through 2019. - Follow the Giants Wire Podcast: - Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Giants Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Giants Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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