Rumors bubbled over this weekend during the lead-up to to the New York Giants final regular season game that Tom Coughlin, who took over the team in 2004, would not go into the 2016-2017 season as head coach of the team, and today they are confirmed. As per ESPN‘s Adam Schefter, Tom Coughlin is out as Big Blue’s head coach.
Tom Coughlin has informed his coaching staff that the Giants are making a head coaching change, source tells ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 4, 2016
Wording on a monumental departure: Tom Coughlin officially has stepped down as Giants HC, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 4, 2016
Schefter followed up his initial announcement with further confirmation that Coughlin stepped down as coach and wasn’t fired, which is what Fox Sports 1’s Mike Garofalo reported over the weekend could likely be the case once the season was over. In Coughlin’s 12 years at the reigns, he won two Super Bowl titles, both over New England Patriots teams and both with the team’s first-round #1 pick in the 2005 Draft, Eli Manning, at the helm. Despite his recent futility Coughlin lands at #11 on the Giants all-time wins list, and he is just one of thirteen all-time NFL coaches to win multiple Super Bowls.
No word yet on who the Giants are looking at as a replacement.
