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Former RIT football coach Tom Coughlin featured on NFL Network's "A Football Life"

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General | 9/27/2012 3:30:00 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY - Former RIT football head coach Tom Coughlin is currently featured on the NFL Network show "A Football Life". Coughlin, who currently coaches for the New York Giants is featured on the hour-long episode from the Emmy Award-winning producers at NFL Films, offering untold stories from the lives of some the NFL's most recognizable icons. Each documentary provides unprecedented access to each featured individual, telling the story of how their legacy is forever intertwined in the fabric of NFL history. The first episode aired Wednesday, September 26 at 8 p.m. For more airings, check your local listings.
 
Coughlin led the RIT Football team for four seasons, from 1970-73, leading the Tigers to a 16-15-2 record in his first coaching gig. He left RIT following the 1973 season to head back to his alma mater, Syracuse, as the quarterbacks coach.  Coughlin spent the next seven seasons with the Orange before heading to Boston College.  After three years with the Eagles, he went to the NFL as an assistant coach for three teams over seven seasons, winning a Super Bowl ring in the 1990 season as quarterbacks coach of the New York Giants.
 
Coughlin's next coaching job came with Boston College, where he served as head coach for three seasons from 1991-93.  His first NFL head coaching job came with the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars from 1994-02.  Coughlin led the Jaguars to four-straight playoff berths from 1996-1999, reaching the AFC Championship Game twice.
 
In 2004 he signed with the New York Giants to become the team's 17th head coach in its storied history.  After winning six games in his first season, Coughlin led the Giants to four-straight playoff appearances.  In 2007, he won his second Super Bowl ring, first as a head coach, defeating the then-undefeated New England Patriots 17-14 in one of the greatest games in NFL history.
 
Coughlin has a 155-122 career record in the NFL, including an 12-7 mark in the postseason.  He is the 13th coach to in NFL hiistory to win multiple Super Bowls.