Former New York Giants cornerback Sam Madison, who helped lead Big Blue to a Super Bowl XLII title in 2007, is a “leading candidate” to join the Kansas City Chiefs as assistant under Steve Spagnuolo, reports Nate Taylor of The Athletic.

On this snowy day, according to multiple sources, Sam Madison is a leading candidate to join Steve Spagnuolo’s staff as an assistant in the secondary. Madison was a cornerback under Spagnuolo when the Giants won the 2007 Super Bowl. He could replace Emmitt Thomas. — Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) February 15, 2019

Madison and Spagnuolo are obviously familiar with each other from their time with the Giants, which not only yielded success, but helped jump-start Madison’s career as a coach.

“Sam wants to coach,” Giants head coach Tom Coughlin told NJ Advance Media in 2013 after Madison joined the team as an assistant. “For us, I think it’s a win-win situation. We can help him in regard to giving him a chance to coach and be with us and for people to observe that he’s a good coaching at this level.

“Sam is good medicine. Sam was liked as a player when he was here with us. He was working and coaching and did a nice job in that capacity. He did a good job with all the young corners then and the guys seem to respond and like that fact that he’s here now.”

Madison most recently coached the St. Thomas Aquinas High School football team in Florida in 2017. He also serves as a Miami Dolphins analyst for WTVX.

A second-round pick of the Dolphins in the 1997 NFL Draft, Madison joined the Giants in 2006 and remained until early 2009. He retired with a Super Bowl title, four Pro Bowl appearances, four All-Pro honors and with 38 career interceptions.