Overview
- The Giants hired Dawn Aponte as senior vice president of football operations and strategy, tasking her with analytics, salary-cap management, contract negotiations, compliance, and operational planning.
- Aponte will report directly to head coach John Harbaugh, not GM Joe Schoen, according to reporting from The Athletic and the New York Daily News.
- Multiple outlets report Schoen has been largely relegated to overseeing scouting while most departments now funnel through Aponte.
- Harbaugh secured a direct reporting line to owner John Mara as a condition of his hire, mirroring his Baltimore structure and marking a break from the team’s traditional hierarchy.
- Harbaugh has publicly praised Schoen’s performance and emphasizes collaboration, though the reorganization concentrates front-office authority with Harbaugh and Aponte heading into the 2026 offseason.