Former New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel has passed away at age 71.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Fassel suffered a fatal heart attack on Monday, June 7th, at a local hospital in Las Vegas.
Fassel first joined the Giants’ organization under head coach Ray Handley as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 1991 and 1992. Fassel left the Giants to coach for the Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders (then in Oakland), and Arizona Cardinals before returning to New York to replace Dan Reeves as head coach in 1997.