Tom Coughlin

Tom Coughlin

Coughlin in March 2013
Jacksonville Jaguars
Position:	Executive VP of football operations
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1946-08-31) August 31, 1946 (age 70)
Place of birth:	Waterloo, New York
Career information
High school:	Waterloo (NY) Central
College:	Syracuse
Undrafted:	1968
Career history
As coach:
Syracuse University (1969) Graduate assistant Rochester Institute of Technology (1970–1973) Head coach Syracuse University (1974–1975) Quarterbacks coach Syracuse University (1976–1980) Offensive coordinator Boston College (1981–1983) Quarterbacks coach Philadelphia Eagles (1984–1985) Wide receivers coach Green Bay Packers (1986–1987) Wide receivers coach New York Giants (1988–1990) Wide receivers coach Boston College (1991–1993) Head coach Jacksonville Jaguars (1995–2002) Head coach New York Giants (2004–2015) Head coach
As executive:
NFL senior advisor to football operations (2016) Jacksonville Jaguars Executive VP of Football Operations (2017–present)
Career highlights and awards
3× Super Bowl champion (XXV, XLII, XLVI) New York Giants Ring of Honor
Head coaching record
Regular season:	170–150 (.531)
Postseason:	12–7 (.632)
Career:	College: 21–13 (.618) Bowl games: 1–1 (.500) NFL: 182–157 (.537)
Coaching stats at PFR

Thomas Richard Coughlin (born August 31, 1946) is the executive vice president of football operations for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He was the head coach for the New York Giants for 12 seasons. He led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both 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 Games. 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.

Coughlin attended Syracuse University, where he played halfback for the Syracuse Orange football team. He was teammates with Larry Csonka and Floyd Little. In 1967, he set the school's single-season pass receiving record. Jim Boeheim was his residence advisor (RA) during Coughlin's senior year at Syracuse.

Coughlin was mentored by Bill Parcells while Coughlin was wide receivers coach and Parcells was head coach for the New York Giants. Like his mentor, Coughlin is known as a stern disciplinarian and for his meticulous attention to detail (for example, at the start of his Giants tenure he fined players for being two minutes early to team meetings, saying they should have arrived at least five minutes early per his new rules), earning him the nickname "Colonel Coughlin".