Bill McGovern (American football)
{{Infobox NFL player |name= Bill McGovern |image= |caption= |current_team= Nebraska |position= [[Defensive Assistant |birth_date= |birth_place= Oradell, New Jersey |death_date= |death_place= |college= Holy Cross |undraftedyear=1985 |pastcoaching=
- University of Pennsylvania (1985)
- (Freshman coach)
- Holy Cross (1986–1987)
- (Assistant Defensive Backs coach)
- Massachusetts (1988–1990)
- (Defensive Backs coach)
- Holy Cross (1991–1992)
- (Defensive Backs coach/Kickers coach)
- Massachusetts (1993)
- (Defensive Coordinator)
- Boston College (1994–1996)
- (Defensive Backs coach)
- Pittsburgh (1997–1999)
- (Defensive Backs coach)
- Boston College (2000–2008)
- (Linebackers coach)
- Boston College (2009–2012)
- (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers coach)
- (Outside Linebackers coach)
- New York Giants (2016–2019)
- Nebraska (2020-present)
- (Defensive Assistant)
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Bill McGovern is an American football coach who is currently the Linebackers coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).[1]
Playing career
McGovern played college football at Holy Cross where he was a four-year starter at defensive back. He set a career NCAA Division I-AA record with 24 interceptions. During his senior year, he achieved consensus first team All-America honors.[2]
Coaching career
It was announced on February 8, 2013 that McGovern had been hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as their outside linebackers coach.[3] He previously served as the defensive coordinator for Boston College for four years,[2] a promotion after serving as linebackers coach for nine years before that.[4] During his previous two seasons as defensive coordinator, he coached two future NFL linebackers – Mark Herzlich and Luke Kuechly.[5][6] Prior to working at Boston College, McGovern served as defensive backs coach at Pittsburgh from 1997-1999, at Boston College from 1994-1996 as defensive backs coach, at Massachusetts in 1993 as defensive coordinator and from 1988-1990 as defensive backs coach, at Holy Cross from 1991-1992 and 1986-1987 as defensive backs coach and assistant defensive backs coach respectively, and at Pennsylvania as freshman coach in 1985.[2]
On January 23, 2016, McGovern was hired as linebackers coach for the New York Giants.[7] After the firing of Ben McAdoo, McGovern was retained in his role by new head coach Pat Shurmur.[8]
References
- "Giants hire BC's Bill McGovern as linebackers coach". NorthJersey.com. NorthJersey.com. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
- "Bill McGovern Profile". BCEAGLES.COM - Boston College Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- Alper, Josh (February 8, 2013). "Eagles announce full coaching staff". ProFootballTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- Dinich, Heather (January 29, 2009). "Boston College makes Bill McGovern d-coordinator". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- "Eagles assistant coaching rumors: Pat Shurmur, Bill McGovern likely to join". Bleeding Green Nation. Vox Media. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- Black, A.J. "Boston College LB Coach Bill McGovern to join Chip Kelly's staff in Philadelphia". BC Interruption. Vox Media. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- http://www.northjersey.com/sports/football/giants/big-blue-adding-bc-great-1.1497917
- Alper, Josh (January 25, 2018). "Pat Shurmur continues filling out his Giants staff". ProFootballTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved January 28, 2018.