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New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart may have tipped his team's coaching search during the live broadcast of the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Thursday (January 8) night.
Dart, who was on the sideline for his former team, Ole Miss, Thursday night, appeared to answer that John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski were the favorites, but specified that he didn't actually know, when asked "who's going to be the next coach?" by an assistant.
"I don't know...Harbaugh or Stefanski...but I don't know," Dart appeared to say, according to the @NYGDaily X account.
Harbaugh, who was fired by the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday (January 6), was initially reported "as a favorite for the head coaching job for the New York Giants" immediately after his firing, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported.
Harbaugh is also the betting favorite to land the Giants job at -150 odds, followed by Stefanski, who was fired by the Cleveland Browns on Monday (January 5), at +200 odds, according to DraftKings Sportsbook.
Harbaugh, 63, is the longest-tenured and winningest head coach in Ravens history with a 180-113 record in 18 seasons, which includes winning Super Bowl LXVII and the 2019 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award, as well as recording an NFL record eight road playoff wins among an 13-11 postseason record. The Ravens were, however, preseason betting favorites to win the Super Bowl and instead went 8-9, missing the playoffs by losing their final regular season game to the AFC North Division rival Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as going 3-6 at M&T Bank Stadium, their worst home record in franchise history.
Stefanski was a two-time Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2023, leading the Browns to their only two playoff appearances since 2002 and only postseason win since 1994, but finished with double-digit losses for the third time in four seasons in 2025. The 43-year-old went 45-56 during six seasons with the Browns, which makes him the winningest-coach since the franchise returned to the NFL in 1999 and tied with the late Marty Schottenheimer for fourth all-time in franchise history.
The Browns finished the 2025 season with a 5-12 record following Sunday's (January 4) win against the AFC North Division rival Cincinnati Bengals, which saw defensive end Myles Garrett break the NFL single-season sack record.