![]() Coughlin in March 2013 | |
Personal information | |
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Born: | Waterloo, New York, U.S. | August 31, 1946
Career information | |
High school: | Waterloo (NY) Central |
College: | Syracuse |
Undrafted: | 1968 |
Career history | |
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Head coaching record | |
Regular season: | 170–150 (.531) |
Postseason: | 12–7 (.632) |
Career: | College: 28–23–2 (.547) Bowl games: 1–1 (.500) NFL: 182–157 (.537) Superbowl games: 2–0 (1.000) |
Coaching stats at PFR |
Thomas Richard Coughlin (/ˈkɒflɪn/ KOF-lin; born August 31, 1946) is an American former football coach and executive. He was the head coach for the New York Giants from 2004 to 2015. He led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both times against the New England Patriots. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995 to 2002 and leading the team to two AFC Championship Game appearances. Prior to his head coaching career in the NFL, he was head coach of the Boston College Eagles football team from 1991 to 1993, and served in a variety of coaching positions in the NFL as well as coaching and administrative positions in college football.