NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel has died.
His son confirmed the news to the L.A. Times. The report says Fassel suffered a heart attack and died Monday while under sedation at a Las Vegas hospital.
Fassel coached the Giants from 1997 to 2003. He won NFL Coach of the Year in 1997 and led the team to the Super Bowl in 2000, where they lost to the Baltimore Ravens.
Fassel was 71 years old.