New York Giants: 5 potential replacements for Pat Shurmur

1. Lincoln Riley-Head Coach, University of Oklahoma

Let’s get right to the name that everyone is bound to hear repeatedly, as the potential replacement for their head coaching position of their favorite team. What’s not to love about Lincoln Riley? With the emergence of Jalen Hurts following his transfer from Alabama, after losing the starting quarterback job to Tua Tagovailoa, Riley has positioned himself to produce the last three Heisman Trophy Award winners at quarterback, following Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray winning the award the last two years respectively.

In addition to producing the top players in college football, Riley has done a phenomenal job maintaining the dominance of the Oklahoma football program, following the retirement of long time head coach, Bob Stoops. Given his proven success with developing elite quarterbacks, the thought of what Riley might be able to do with the likes of Daniel Jones and the cast of elite offensive weapons at his disposal, makes Giants fans salivate at the mere thought of hiring Riley as their next head coach. In addition to the surplus of success that Riley has garnered in his short career (he’s 30-4 in his collegiate head coaching career), comes the benefit of his youth.

At only 36 years of age, one would be led to believe that he would have an easier time relating to the young core of players in the Giants locker room. That said, he is currently making $6.5 million annually and it is highly likely that the boosters of Oklahoma are more than willing to open up their deep pockets in an effort to do what it takes to keep Lincoln Riley in Norman, Oklahoma for the foreseeable future. However, if there is one guy that the Giants brass should be targeting more than anyone, it is certainly Lincoln Riley.