ESPN.com · Jan 15
Hiring head coach John Harbaugh is a big win for the Giants
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From 2004 to 2015, Tom Coughlin was the head coach of the New York Giants. He won multiple Super Bowls. That alone would tell you how much he meant to the organization.
But Coughlin meant more than that. His intensity and rigor returned the franchise to the days of Bill Parcells as much as his Super Bowl rings did. The Giants were gritty again, physical and powered by an elite defense. Even in the bad days -- the Giants missed the postseason in all four of Coughlin's final seasons as the coach -- they had an identity.
