Jim Schwartz expected to interview with Giants in next week, sources say

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The Giants are wasting no time trying to fill their biggest vacancy.With Dave Gettleman locked in as the new general manager, the team will interview Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz next week for their head coaching position, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.Schwartz reportedly will interview during the Eagles’ playoff bye week, and sources have told ESPN he already may be the favorite for the Giants post.Schwartz’s head coaching record (29-51) won’t impress many, but he has experience taking a broken team – which the Giants certainly look like – and leading it to the playoffs.

Schwartz is expected to interview with the Giants in the next week, while the Eagles -- with an NFC-best record of 13-2 -- are on the bye heading into the postseason.Giants owner John Mara said the team wants to hire an experienced coach, and Schwartz would qualify. He coached the Detroit Lions for five seasons, with his tenure ending in his dismissal after the 2013 season.Schwartz was 29-51 in Detroit. He inherited an 0-16 team and had Detroit in the playoffs by his third season in 2011. Four of his five seasons, though, ended with losing records.The Giants last week hired Dave Gettleman as general manager to replace Jerry Reese, who was fired on the same day as McAdoo. Gettleman is a 30-year NFL veteran who spent four seasons as the Carolina Panthers' general manager and 15 seasons as a personnel executive in the Giants organization.