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Two-time Super Bowl winner Coughlin steps down
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)
— Tom Coughlin, who returned
the Giants to NFL prominence by
winning two Super Bowls,
resigned Monday after missing
the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
The Giants announced the
decision one day after the Giants
(6-10) capped their third straight
losing season with a 35-30 defeat
against Philadelphia, their third
straight and sixth in seven games.
“I met with (owners) John Mara
and Steve Tisch this afternoon,
and I informed them that it is in
the best interest of the organization that I step down as head
coach,” Coughlin said in a statement. “I strongly believe the time
is right for me and my family, and
... the Giants organization.”
The move may signal the end of
a 20-year NFL head coaching
career for the 69-year-old
Coughlin, one of 13 coaches to
win multiple Super Bowls.
The league’s oldest active coach
and third-longest tenured among
the 32 who finished the season,
Coughlin came into 2015 knowing
he had to get the Giants back to
the postseason to keep his job. It
didn’t happen.
“Obviously, the past three years
have not been what any of us
expect, and as head coach, I
accept the responsibility for those
seasons,” he said.
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