John Harbaugh loses recently hired assistant to Raiders
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No sooner did the Giants announce John Harbaugh's new coaching staff, but one of those new coaches reversed course and left for greener pastures.
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Harbaugh will now be looking for another new assistant defensive line coach because Matt Robinson has changed his mind and opted to take the better position of safeties coach in Las Vegas. The team had even set up a page for Robinson on their website, but if you click it now, you just get an empty page.
Another change: Giants assistant defensive line coach Matt Robinson, who left his job as Baltimore’s outside linebackers coach this off-season to go to New York, is now going to the Raiders as their secondary coach, per source. The Giants gave their permission, and supported…
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 15, 2026
Harbaugh had Robinson on his staff in Baltimore for the past five seasons, the past two seaons as his outside linebackers coach. Making assistant defensive line coach kinda look like a demotion. So, a full position coach post looks better.
Coming to Las Vegas is also joining another familiar face for Robinson. He and Raiders new DC Rob Leonard coached together in Baltimore in 2022. Leonard was the outside linebacker coach that season while Robinson was a defensive quality control coach.
Hiring a linebacker/defensive line coach as a safeties coach may seem odd, but before Robinson played linebacker as a fifth-year senior at Maryland, he spent his first four seasons as a defensive back.
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