How old is coach tom coughlin

Coach facts Years as head coach: 20 Championships won: , , and Conference Championships won: , , and First in total wins for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Second in total wins for the New York Giants. First in winning percentage for the Jacksonville Jaguars. But these days, the two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach is facing a challenge like none other that has seen him decide to make the ultimate sacrifice of love.

Judy Coughlin, to whom the former head coach has been married for 54 years, was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy in , an incurable brain disorder , he revealed in a deeply personal and moving essay appearing in the New York Times. Coughlin's decision to put aside his interests to care for his wife encapsulates the lessons he tried to instill on his players at the college and NFL levels about responsibility, sacrifice, and accountability. Coughlin admitted that becoming a full-time caregiver of a loved one isn't easy, given the unpredictability that comes with the territory.

Coughlin's Jaguars won 49 regular season games in his first five years as head coach; a remarkable average for an expansion team of nearly ten wins per year. But the Jaguars's record for the next three years was only 19—29, and after a 6—10 finish in , Coughlin was fired. He finished his eight-year career in Jacksonville with a 68—60 regular season record and a 4—4 playoff record. After being out of football in , Coughlin was named the 16th head coach of the New York Giants on January 6, Coughlin inherited a team that finished 4—12 in , but led the Giants to a surprising 5—2 start in his first season as head coach.

After back-to-back losses in which veteran quarterback Kurt Warner struggled left the Giants at 5—4, Coughlin made the decision to bench Warner and start New York's highly touted first round draft pick, rookie Eli Manning. Coughlin received criticism from some who felt the move amounted to a surrender of the season when the Giants were still in playoff contention. The Giants would go on to lose six of the seven games started by Manning, who struggled in his rookie season.

Coughlin's early move to Manning, though, would pay dividends in , as Manning and the Giants went 11—5 in Coughlin's second season and won the NFC East for the first time since It was also the Giants first postseason performance since making it as a Wild Card in However, a very poor performance by Manning, and a defense missing three starting linebackers, saw the Giants get shut out 23—0 at the hands of the Carolina Panthers at Giants Stadium.

Following the game, Giant star running back Tiki Barber called out Coughlin and his offensive coordinator, partially because a Panthers player said that "We knew what they were going to do before they did it. Heading into the season, expectations for the Giants were high.

In just over two years as the Giants head coach, Coughlin transformed the Giants from an underachieving, last place team into a possible Super Bowl contender. One of the most noticeable improvements under Coughlin was the elimination of star running back Tiki Barber's case of "fumbleitis.

Barber fumbled 14 times between and During his time with Coughlin, he only fumbled four times. They have had to bear the brunt of my frustrations because of my inability to deal with all the emotions that pile up day after day. I know how difficult this has been for them, and I thank them for their patience.

The Giants fired Coughlin after the season, ending his NFL coaching career with wins, tied for 14th all-time and just two behind Bill Parcells, the only other Giants head coach to win a Super Bowl.

Coughlin returned to Jacksonville in as executive vice president of football operations. He was fired at the end of the season amid rumors his hard-line style had alienated the locker room, with the NFLPA winning a grievance filed by players against the organization.

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