Giants say former coach Ray Handley has died

USA TODAY SportsFormer Giants coach Ray Handley died last week, the team announced on social media. He was 81.

The post said Handley’s nephew confirmed his death; FanSided had previously reported a Facebook post by the nephew announcing his uncle’s death.

Handley became a punchline in New York football history thanks in large part to being in the wrong place at the wrong time when Bill Parcells resigned in May 1991 after leading the Giants to a second Super Bowl win a few months earlier.

Bill Belichick had just become the Cleveland Browns’ coach (plus he had a poor relationship with Giants GM George Young) and Tom Coughlin had recently taken over at Boston College. So the gig went to Handley,…