Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin
Thomas Richard Coughlinis a former American football coach. Coughlin most recently served as the head coach for the New York Giants, a position he served in for 12 seasons, where he led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both against the New England Patriots. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995 to 2002 and leading the team to two AFC Championship Games. Prior to his head coaching...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 August 1946
CityWaterloo, NY
football grabbing guys looking talking
He's a football guy, ... He's always around the office. He's always looking at tape. He's always grabbing guys and talking football.
doubtful status week
His status is going to be week to week, and I think his availability for this week would be doubtful at best.
adjust high obviously people thrown
He's fine, he's going to be fine. It will take a little time. There are a lot of things to adjust to. Obviously all the new things thrown at him, the different receivers, the different people working with him, the high grass. It will come. It will be fine.
against belief beyond five goal knocking opening return
Fumbled the opening kickoff, had a punt return against for a touchdown, a kickoff return against, an interception when we're knocking on the goal line, five turnovers. Just beyond belief that we would play that poorly.
continuing correction couple good plays responsibility scope
He had a couple plays I thought were good and a couple there would be a little correction on, ... He's continuing to widen the scope of responsibility and I like what he's doing.
fights gets sidelines situations
He gets in these situations and he fights his way out of it. He comes over to the sidelines and he's the one who has the most poise.
area neck trauma type
He does not have any type of debilitating injury. There is trauma in the neck area and he is sore.
ball looked pleased quick sharp threw throughout took
He looked OK. He took most of the reps throughout practice. He threw the ball well, he was sharp with it and he was quick in his movements. I was pleased with the day.
drives falter improvement major matter passing talked
We've got to have drives that don't falter out. That's one of the major things we talked about going into this game. It's a matter of consistency. I thought there was improvement in the passing game, but it's still not there.
blow hand heard legs medical moving shocked side standing
He was squeezing my hand and moving his legs around. I really don't know what the blow was. It may have been a side blow that just shocked him off to one side. We haven't heard anything more from the medical people, so we're standing by on that.
couple entire feels gone good moves playing pounds season
He's playing strong; he's in very good shape, ... We'll see, you never know. As the season moves on, he may want to put a couple of pounds on. But right now, he's gone the entire preseason this way. He feels good at that weight, so good.
carolina earned game
Carolina is a tough, physical, well-coached team. We earned the right to play this game at home, and that is very important.
starting throwing
He is starting to go through the throwing motion, ... He's doing soft-toss, not for any distance.
accept business coach conduct great guy mental position responsibility role taken teach team
Kevin's a great coach and the hands-on guy that's taken Eli through all the mental processes, ... Being his position coach, it's Kevin's responsibility to teach him how to conduct his business and how to accept his role as a team leader.