The New York Giants may be mired in an ugly struggle but Tom Coughlin has nothing but confidence that Brian Daboll will turn things around.
Tom Coughlin knows all about the ebbs and flows of coaching the New York Giants. He’s seen both the extreme highs and the extreme lows.
One year removed from a relative high, the Giants are currently embattled in a lost season that many would consider an extreme low. Some fans are already losing patience with general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll, but Coughlin says they shouldn’t be.
“Just what he’s doing,” Coughlin said when asked how Daboll should handle the struggles, via the New York Post. “Stick your nose to the grindstone, work as hard as you can, keep your people together, keep them focused. Tough times don’t last, tough people do.
“He’ll get it done.”
If Daboll does get it done, it will likely be down the line. The 2023 version of the Giants is underwhelming at best and their injury issues are unparalleled. Things are going to get worse before they get better.
Despite that, Coughlin knows it’s always the darkest before the dawn and that eventually, Daboll and these Giants will reemerge.
Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin are teaming up again, this time for the “Show Us Your Team” campaign during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which highlights those affected who are 19 years of age or under. It also casts a spotlight on their families and the incredible toll cancer takes on everyone involved.
That’s why retired New York Giants legends, Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin, are teaming up once again — one on behalf of the Jay Fund Foundation and the other on behalf of Tackle Kids Cancer.
The future Pro Football Hall of Famers have begun the “Show Us Your Team” campaign, urging those everywhere to take a selfie with those they lean on and post it with the hashtag, #ShowUsYourTeam.
“So many people feel alone in their journey. This is why the work we are doing together is so critical and complements each other so well. Tackle Kids Cancer is focused on raising money to help fund essential life-saving research and cures for pediatric cancer, and the Jay Fund is right by their side focusing on the here and now, helping families through the emotional rollercoaster and paying their household expenses so they can focus on what’s important,” the pair wrote in an essay for People.com.
Manning and Coughlin also appeared on ABC News Live to discuss the Show Us Your Team campaign, as well as the Jay Fund Foundation and Tackle Kids Cancer.
Be sure to join these Giants legends by snapping a selfie with someone who helps you through the tough stuff and then post it on social media with the hashtag, #ShowUsYourTeam.
Coughlin, a two-time Super Bowl champion as head coach of the Giants, was the first head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995 and quickly led them into contention.
Parker beat out a distinguished group of coaches/contributors, of which only one can go on to the final round to be considered for entry to the Hall.
Besides Coughlin, the group consisted of New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft; Steelers owner Art Rooney II; former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren; and two-time Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan.
Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, Clark Shaughnessy, Lloyd Wells, and John Wooten were the other candidates under consideration.
New York Giants legendary head coach Tom Coughlin is among the 12 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2024 in the coach/contributor category
Legendary New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin has advanced to the next stage of Pro Football Hall of Fame consideration for the 2024 class.
On Thursday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame narrowed down the list of 31 seniors and 29 coaches and contributors to 12 semifinalists each, with Coughlin being among the latter group.
Over his 20-year head-coaching career that spanned eight seasons with the Jaguars and another 12 with the Giants, Coughlin won a pair of Super Bowls in New York in the 2007 and 2011 seasons.
He is one of 14 head coaches in the history of the NFL to win multiple Super Bowls, and nine of those are currently in the Hall of Fame. Mike Shanahan is another who has yet to be enshrined, but he is among the 12 semifinalists this year.
Coughlin will have the opportunity to become a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2024. This after a legendary and long 50-year career in football that had him starting as a graduate assistant at Syracuse University.
He would eventually work his way up the ranks to an offensive coordinator at Syracuse in the late 1970s, and eventually a wide receivers coach in the NFL in the late 1980s, where he helped the Giants win their second-ever Super Bowl.
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After that, he was a successful head coach at Boston College University. Coughlin then returned to the NFL to become the first-ever coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars where he helped them become what was considered arguably the most successful expansion team in NFL history, earning a combined 68-60 regular season record, with an even 4-4 postseason mark.
Following his successful stint with the Jaguars, Coughlin became the head coach for the Giants, where he went on to boast a 102-90 record, including a staggering 8-3 postseason record.
With Big Blue, the long-time coach struck pay dirt once again, winning two Super Bowls, both of which came against the New England Patriots and his former colleague, Bill Belichick.
Coughlin not only beat the 18-0 Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, he also became one of two coaches to beat the greatest football player of all time, Tom Brady, on the biggest stage.
Coughlin is well-deserving of his nomination, as his 20-year NFL record was 182-157 (.537).. The 182 victories are the 12th-highest total in NFL history and, along with his two rings, have cemented him as one of the greatest coaches of all time.
Former Jaguars coach and executive Tom Coughlin is one step closer to a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Former Jacksonville Jaguars coach and executive Tom Coughlin is one of 12 semifinalists to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024 as a coach or contributor.
Coughlin, 76, was the first ever coach of the Jaguars, leading the team to the AFC Championship in the 1996 and 1999 seasons. He later spent 12 seasons as head coach of the New York Giants, winning two Super Bowls with the franchise. Coughlin then returned to Jacksonville as an executive vice president, helping to shape the team that reached the AFC Championship in the 2017 season.
The Hall of Fame picks just one finalist from the coach/contributor category each year and a subcommittee will convene on Aug. 15 to pick from the dozen semifinalists. Others in consideration besides Coughlin include Mike Holmgren, Robert Kraft, Marty Schottenheimer, Dan Reeves, and Mike Shanahan.
In 2022, former Jaguars offensive tackle Tony Boselli became the first player to ever play for the team and reach the Hall of Fame.
Coughlin was one of 29 individuals who will be considered for advancement in the process that will select 12 coach/contributors through to the next stage later this month.
Here are seven reasons why Coughlin is deserving of a bust in Canton.
Running back Ottis ‘O.J.’ Anderson, quarterback Charlie Conerly, linebacker Carl Banks, and defensive back Everson Walls will be among a group considered to be among 12 Seniors and 12 Coach/Contributors advancing to the final stage.
Late Giants head coach Dan Reeves, a two-time AP NFL Coach of the Year, is also a semifinalist.
The results will be announced on July 27.
Coughlin coached the Giants for 12 seasons (2004-15) and was a two-time Super Bowl winner(XLII, XLVI). He also was the first head coach of the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995, taking the team to two AFC Championship Games. He had an overall NFL record of 182-157 over 20 seasons.
Anderson split 14 seasons between the St. Louis Cardinals (1979-1986) and Giants (1986-1992). He is a two-time Super Bowl champion and six-time 1,000-yard rusher. He was also named MVP of Super Bowl XXV.
Conerly played all 14 of his NFL seasons (1948-61) with the Giants. He won the NFL title in 1956 and passed for 19,488 yards and 173 touchdowns.
Banks was the third overall selection in the 1984 NFL draft out of Michigan State. He was a two-time Super Bowl champion during his time with the Giants (1984-1992). Banks also played one season in Washington (1993) and two in Cleveland (1994-95).
Walls played most of his NFL career (1981-93) with the Dallas Cowboys, where he was named to three first-team All-Pro teams, four Pro Bowls and led the NFL in interceptions three times while in Dallas. He finished his career with the Giants and Cleveland Browns and helped Big Blue to victory in Super Bowl XXV.
Also on the coach/contributor list is former Giants assistant/defensive coordinator Marty Schottenheimer and head coach John McVay.
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The New York Giants are closing in on a century of existence and many famous and powerful names have worn the blue over that time.
When it comes to head coaches, the Giants have had some great ones — Bill Parcells, Tom Coughlin, Jim Lee Howell, and Steve Owen — and some notable ones in Allie Sherman, Jim Fassel, and Alex Webster.
But what the Giants are really known for is grooming head coaches; men who worked for the club and went on to become some of the great head coaches in NFL history.
This past Friday, former New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin returned to MetLife Stadium. He wasn’t there on any team-related business but rather, Coughlin arrived to host a Jay Fund Foundation charity event.
It was the first time Coughlin was able to attend the annual Sundae Blitz in several years. It was a bittersweet moment after losing his wife, Judy, on November 2. He had become her full-time caregiver after she was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.
“When you spend four or five years and your routine is all around your better half and all of a sudden that stops, it’s tough,” Coughlin told Bob Glauber of Newsday. “I used to be very busy between 6 and 8 p.m., because we would get the meal ready, we would clean up and put her to bed. I’m sitting there now and saying, ‘What do I do?’ But I want to be busy. I want to be active. If I can be involved in this and I can see the benefits of helping the families, certainly that helps.”
Judy was a regular at Jay Fund events. She loved to help families in need and never once sought any notoriety for it. Coughlin is very much the same in that regard.
“Everything is about the kids,” Coughlin said. “That’s what makes life worthwhile, and when a parent comes up to you, takes you aside and tells you what you’ve meant to them and their child is standing right now to them and still fighting . . . It’s not about me, but I’ll tell you what it’s about. It’s about compassion and helping others when they need it.”
There were 250 attendees spanning 60 families at Friday’s Sundae Blitz. In addition to Coughlin, several Giants legends also attended. Among them were Chris Snee, Harry Carson, David Tyree and Kevin Boothe. Recently signed defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson also made it a point to stop in after the Giants had concluded practice for the day.
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“This is what puts life in perspective,” Coughlin said. “You win a Super Bowl, then you visit a hospital, you see the parents who stay there overnight, you see the sick child, you know what they’re going through, you know their lives are completely disrupted and nothing is normal anymore. You realize these are people that need help, and in many cases they have no place to turn. We’ll put a roof over their heads, food on their table, pay their electric bill, transport them back and forth to the hospital. We’re going to be there when nobody else is there.”
Coughlin and the Jay Fund have never failed in their mission. Since being founded in 1996, they have distributed more than $20 million to upwards of 6,000 families in need.
On October 13, the Jay Fund will hold their next event — the Champions for Children Gala, which will also be held at MetLife Stadium. Giants head coach Brian Daboll will be among the honorees.
Information on how to attend the event can be requested at the official Jay Fund Foundation website. Donations can also be made by clicking here.
Coughlin, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the Giants, will receive the 2023 President’s Medal for Excellence.
Tom Coughlin is a former National Football League head coach who was part of three New York Giants Super Bowl winning teams, twice as head coach. He won his first Super Bowl while an assistant to legendary coach Bill Parcells in 1990. In 2004, he joined the New York Giants for 12 Seasons as head coach, leading the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both times beating 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 Games. He ranks as the 14th winningest coach in NFL history with 170 wins.
Prior to coaching in the NFL, Coughlin served as the Boston College football quarterbacks coach from 1981 to 1983. During that time, he coached 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie. From 1991 to 1993, he served as the Eagles’ head coach. He is founder of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, established in 1996 to help families tackle pediatric cancer. To date, the foundation has provided over $17 million in financial assistance and helped over 5,000 families.
Ahead of the event, Joe Sabia, who runs ‘73 questions‘ for Vogue, joined Coughlin via Zoom for a modified version of the interview. Instead of 73 questions, Sabia asked the coach 31 questions in honor of Jay McGillis, who served as inspiration for Coughlin to found the Jay Fund Foundation.
During the interview, Coughlin touches on many subjects including his time with the Giants and Boston College, his rivalry with the New England Patriots and, of course, his late wife, Judy.
