| New York Giants | |
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| Position: | Special teams coordinator |
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| Born: | Torrance, California, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | West (Torrance, California) |
| College: | UCLA |
| Career history | |
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Michael Ghobrial is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).
Ghobrial played two seasons for the UCLA Bruins as a defensive end in 2006 and 2007. [1]
Ghobrial got his first coaching job with UCLA as an undergraduate assistant in 2009. [2] In 2011, Ghobrial was promoted to quality control coach, and then in 2012 he became a graduate assistant with the Bruins. [3] In 2014, Ghobrial joined the Syracuse Orange as a graduate assistant. In 2015, Ghobrial was hired by Colorado Mesa to coach the teams' outside linebackers, defensive line, and to be the special team coordinator. [4] During the 2016 season, he was named special teams coordinator at Tarleton State, a position he held through the 2017 season. [5]
In 2017, Ghobrial joined the Detroit Lions as a part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. [6] In 2018, he was named special team coordinator for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors a position he held for two years. [7] In 2020, he was hired by Washington State where he coached for one season. [8] In 2021, Ghobrial was hired to be the New York Jets assistant special teams coordinator. [9] On January 25, 2024, Ghobrial was hired by the New York Giants to be the team's special teams coordinator. [10] [11]