Thomas Richard Coughlin is an American football coach who is currently head coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League . Coughlin led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995–2002 and leading the team to two AFC Championship Games. Prior to his professional football career he was head coach of the Boston College Eagles football team from 1991–1993, and served in a variety of coaching and administrative positions in college football. Coughlin was born... in Waterloo, New York. He attended Waterloo High School, and was a good student and a letterman in football. While attending Waterloo, he gained the school's single season touchdown record-which still stands at 19. Coughlin attended Syracuse University, where he played halfback for the Syracuse Orange football team. He was teammates with Larry Csonka and Floyd Little. In 1967, he set the school's single-season pass receiving record. Jim Boeheim was his residence advisor while attending Syracuse.
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| Birthdate: | August 31, 1946 |
| Birthplace: | Waterloo, New York |
| Age: | 65 |
| All Positions Played: | Wide receiver |
| Education: | Syracuse University |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |
| Also known as: | Thomas Richard Coughlin |