A former Cleveland Browns head coach is getting his second shot to lead a team, after spending the years in between rehabilitating his value to the NFL. Pat Shurmur, who helmed the Browns in 2011 and 2012, was named the new head coach of the New York Giants on Monday. Currently snowed-in in Minnesota, where he had been serving as the Vikings’ offensive coordinator during the previous two seasons, Shurmur will be introduced in a press conference on Friday.
Shurmur came to Cleveland after spending two years as the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator (when the team was still located in St.