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Jim Fassel, former NFL coach, Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator, dies at 71

Former NFL coach Jim Fassel died on Monday at the age of 71.

Fassel was best known for leading the New York Giants to a berth in Super Bowl 35, where his team lost to the Baltimore Ravens, 34-7.

He was 58-53-1 as the coach of the Giants from 1997 to 2003.

Fassel's son John, the special teams coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, told the Los Angeles Times that his father suffered chest pains Monday and was taken to a local hospital by a friend before dying of a heart attack while under sedation.