Marquand Manuel is entering his 13th season coaching in the NFL and first season as the Giants secondary coach/pass game coordinator.
Manuel spent the last four seasons (2021-2024) as the defensive backs/safeties coach for the New York Jets. From 2022-24, the Jets defense ranked in the top five in fewest passing yards allowed per game, including the second-best mark in the NFL in 2023 (168.3). Manuel guided a safeties group in 2024 that recorded 10 interceptions, the second-most in the NFL.
Before his time with the Jets, Manuel was the defensive backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2020.
Manuel served as the defensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons from 2017-18 after spending the 2015 and 2016 seasons as the secondary coach/senior defensive assistant on staff. During his time as the defensive coordinator, Atlanta had two players (OLB Deion Jones and FS Keanu Neal) voted to the 2017 Pro Bowl.
While on Atlanta's staff in 2016, Manuel made a coaching appearance in Super Bowl LI after helping lead Atlanta to an 11-5 regular season record, an NFC South Division title and a first-round bye in the playoffs.
Manuel began his NFL coaching career as a special teams assistant with the Seattle Seahawks in 2012. He later was named a defensive assistant in 2013 and then an assistant secondary coach in 2014. In his three seasons in Seattle, the team appeared in two Super Bowls, including Super XLVIII, when Seattle defeated the Denver Broncos, 43-8.
A sixth-round selection (181st overall) by the Cincinnati Bengals, Manuel played eight seasons (2002-09) in the NFL. He played in 116 games (58 starts) and totaled 332 tackles, 16 passes defensed and two interceptions. Manuel played for the Bengals, Seahawks, Packers, Panthers, Broncos and Lions.
A native of Miami, Fla., Manuel has two children, Madison and Marquand II. He played college football at Florida from 1998-2001. While at Florida, he earned his bachelor's degree in criminology and law.
2025: New York Giants - Secondary Coach/Pass Game Coordinator
2021-24: New York Jets - Defensive Backs/Safeties
2020: Philadelphia Eagles - Defensive Backs
2017-18: Atlanta Falcons - Defensive Coordinator
2015-16: Atlanta Falcons - Secondary Coach/Senior Defensive Assistant
2014: Seattle Seahawks - Assistant Secondary
2013: Seattle Seahawks - Defensive Assistant
2012: Seattle Seahawks - Special Teams Assistant
