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Greg Schiano

Schiano (left) during his tenure at Rutgers
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-06-01) June 1, 1966 (age 46)
Place of birth	Wyckoff, New Jersey
Career information
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	Bucknell
Career highlights
Awards	2006 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year 2006 Walter Camp Coach of the Year 2006 Home Depot Coach of the Year 2006 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year 2006 Big East Coach of the Year
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1989 1990 1991–1995 1996–1997 1998 1999–2000 2001–2011 2012–present	Rutgers (GA) Penn State (GA) Penn State (DB) Chicago Bears (Def Asst) Chicago Bears (DB) Miami (DC) Rutgers (HC) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (HC)

Gregory Edward Schiano (born June 1, 1966) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a position he assumed in January 2012. Schiano served as the head football coach at Rutgers University from 2001 to 2012.

Early life and education[link]

Schiano was born and grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and attended Ramapo High School. He then attended Bucknell University, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, and graduated in 1988 with a B.S. in business administration.

Playing career[link]

In his playing career at Bucknell University, he was a three-year letterman at linebacker. In his junior year, he led his team with 114 tackles and was named to the All-Conference team. In his senior year, he was named team captain, and was named to The Sporting News Pre-season All-American Team.

He and his wife Christy have four children: Joey, John, Matt, and Katie.

Coaching career[link]

Schiano began his coaching career in 1988 as an assistant coach at Ramapo High School. In 1989, he served as a graduate assistant at Rutgers. In 1990, he took the same position at Penn State, and later served as the defensive backfield coach there from 1991 until 1995.

From 1996 to 1998, Schiano was an assistant coach in the NFL with the Chicago Bears. For his first two seasons there, he was a defensive assistant, and then was promoted in his third and final season with the Bears to defensive backfield coach.

University of Miami[link]

Schiano served as defensive coordinator for the University of Miami from 1999 to 2000. In 1999, UM finished the year ranked 12th in the NCAA's Division I-A in points allowed per game (17.2), and in 2000 moved up to 5th (15.5 points allowed per game). His brief 18 month stint at Miami and his roots in New Jersey, made him a candidate for his next position as Rutgers head coach.

While at the University of Miami, Schiano coached: NFL Pro Bowlers Dan Morgan, linebacker, retired; Jonathan Vilma, linebacker, New Orleans Saints; and Ed Reed, free safety, Baltimore Ravens.

Rutgers[link]

On December 1, 2000, Schiano accepted the head coaching position at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. In 2001, his first season as head coach, the Scarlet Knights posted a 2–9 record (0–7 in the Big East), followed by a 1–11 mark (0–7 Big East) in 2002. This was followed by a 5–7 record (2–5 Big East) in 2003. In 2004, Schiano took on defensive coordinator responsibilities as well, and the team finished 4–7 (1–5 Big East). Although Schiano was producing solid recruiting classes, especially by Rutgers standards, his 3-24 record in conference games and 4–17 record in road games in those first four years were a cause for concern for some fans.

But things began to turn around for the program during the 2005 season. That year, the team finished with a 7–4 record, including a 4–3 conference record, and a nationally-televised 37–29 upset win over Pittsburgh and their coach Dave Wannstedt, a long-time friend of Schiano's who hired him while coaching Chicago. At season's end, Schiano and the Scarlet Knights accepted a bid to play in the Insight Bowl against Arizona State University, their first bowl game appearance since the 1978 Garden State Bowl. (Coincidentally, that game was also against Arizona State, and a then-12-year-old Schiano was among the attendees.) During preparations for the Insight Bowl, Schiano signed a new contract, extending his contract through the 2012 season.

In the 2006 season, Schiano's Scarlet Knights achieved their first Top 25 ranking since 1976. Following week four of the college football season, Rutgers with a record of 4–0 was ranked #23 in the Associated Press and Coaches Polls. The team was ranked as high as #6 in the country (BCS standings) with a 9–0 record after a historic win against the Louisville Cardinals, beating them 28–25 in Piscataway. Throughout the season, coach Schiano and Rutgers were featured prominently in both the local and national media, and Schiano's motivational phrase "keep choppin'" became part of the lexicon of college football. Rutgers finished the season with a 10–2 record, the first time they had won ten games since 1976. Following the season, Schiano and the Scarlet Knights accepted an invitation to play Kansas State in the inaugural Texas Bowl, where they would go on to defeat Kansas State 37–10, capturing their first ever bowl win. For his work in the 2006 season, Coach Schiano was awarded several Coach of the Year honors, including the Home Depot Coach of the Year award and the inaugural Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.

Current NFL players who played under Schiano at Rutgers include:

• Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett
• Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Eric Foster
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gary Gibson
• 2010 NFL Draft 1st round pick San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis
• 2009 NFL Draft 1st round pick Tennessee Titans WR Kenny Britt
• 7th round pick Jacksonville Jaguars WR Tiquan Underwood
• 2008 NFL Draft 2nd round pick Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice
• Miami Dolphins cornerback Nathan Jones
• Baltimore Ravens tight end L.J. Smith
• Cincinnati Bengals running back Brian Leonard
• Buffalo Bills defensive end/long snapper Ryan Neill
• Pittsburgh Steeler guard Darnell Stapleton
• 2010 NFL Draft 1st round pick New England Patriots cornerback Devin McCourty and his twin 2009 NFL Draft 6th round pick Tennessee Titans cornerback Jason McCourty
• 2008 NFL Draft 3rd round pick Tampa Bay Buccaneers guard Jeremy Zuttah
• 2007 NFL Draft 5th round pick Jacksonville Jaguars guard Cam Stephenson. 2007 NFL Draft
• 7th round pick tight end/long snapper Clark Harris is on the Houston Texans practice squad.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers[link]

On January 26, 2012, Schiano agreed to become the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.^[1]

Awards and bowl bids[link]

Schiano received most of the major 2006 national Coach of the Year awards after orchestrating what was considered by many to be one of the great turn-around stories in college football history, transforming the hapless Scarlet Knights into a winning football program.

On December 4, 2006, one day after Rutgers accepted a bid to play in the 2006 Texas Bowl against Kansas State, Schiano announced that he would not be a candidate for the recently-vacated head coaching job at his previous employer, the University of Miami, ending rumors and speculation that he would leave his creation at upstart Rutgers to return to Miami.^[2] He stated that he is "very happy at Rutgers" and that Rutgers is just beginning to "scratch the surface" of what the team can accomplish. He confirmed this by signing yet another contract extension, announced on February 16, 2007, upping his yearly compensation to $1.5 million per year and extending his deal with Rutgers to 2016.^[3] Schiano's 2011 salary and compensation of $2.3 million^[4] made him "by far" the highest-paid public employee in New Jersey^[5], as well as the highest paid coach in the Big East.^[6]

In December 2007, The Star-Ledger reported that Schiano spoke with University of Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin "for quite a while" on December 5 about the head coaching vacancy at the school.^[7] Two days later, he withdrew his name from consideration and remained as the Rutgers Head Coach.^[8] In 2008, after a bad start his Knights staged a come-from-behind season where they ended up 8-5 with the school's 4th straight bowl bid. Schiano's name once again came up in general speculation about the Miami head coaching position in 2010, after the firing of Randy Shannon.^[9]

Head coaching record[link]

College[link]

NFL[link]

References[link]

• "Records and Results" (PDF). 2006 Rutgers Football Media Guide. Rutgers Athletics Communications. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070703063541/http://www.scarletknights.com/football/news/guide06/rutgers_fb06_157-174.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-06. 

External links[link]

• Greg Schiano at the College Football Data Warehouse

Tom Coughlin

Coughlin at the New York Giants Super Bowl Ticker Tape parade in New York City Feb 5, 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-08-31) August 31, 1946 (age 65)
Place of birth	Waterloo, New York
Career information
Position(s)	Head coach
College	Syracuse
Career highlights
Awards	3x Super Bowl champion (XXV, XLII, XLVI)
Head coaching record
Regular season	142-114-0
Postseason	12-7
Career record	154-121-0
Super Bowl wins	Super Bowl XLII Super Bowl XLVI
Championships won	2007 NFC Championship 2011 NFC Championship
Stats
Coaching stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1969 1970-1973 1974-1975 1976-1980 1981-1983 1984-1985 1986-1987 1988-1990 1991-1993 1995-2002 2004-present	Syracuse University (graduate assistant) Rochester Institute of Technology (head coach) Syracuse University (quarterbacks coach) Syracuse University (offensive coordinator) Boston College (quarterbacks coach) Philadelphia Eagles (wide receivers coach) Green Bay Packers (wide receivers coach) New York Giants (wide receivers coach) Boston College (head coach) Jacksonville Jaguars (head coach) New York Giants (head coach)

Thomas Richard Coughlin (born August 31, 1946) is an American football coach who is currently head coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). 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.

Early life and education[link]

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.

College[link]

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 (RA) while attending Syracuse.

Coaching style[link]

Coughlin was mentored by Bill Parcells while Coughlin was wide receivers coach and Parcells was head coach for the New York Giants. Like his mentor, Coughlin is known as a stern disciplinarian and for his meticulous attention to detail (for example, at the start of his Giants tenure he fined players for being two minutes early to team meetings, saying they should have arrived at least five minutes early per his new rules), earning him the nickname "Colonel Coughlin".^[1]

Coaching career[link]

Coughlin's first head coaching job was at the Rochester Institute of Technology from 1970–1973. He then returned to his alma mater where he was eventually promoted to offensive coordinator, a position he also held at Boston College where he coached Doug Flutie. Coughlin also served on the coaching staff of the Syracuse Orangemen in 1969. He returned to the staff after his stint at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Coughlin's second stint started in 1974, and ended in 1980. He left the collegiate level to become a wide receivers coach in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles, and later the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. While at New York he was an assistant to Bill Parcells, and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XXV.

Boston College[link]

After the 1990 season, Coughlin returned to Boston College to take on his second job as a head coach. In three seasons at BC, he turned the program into a consistent winner. Coughlin's tenure was capped with a 41-39 victory over #1 ranked Notre Dame in 1993.

Jacksonville Jaguars[link]

Coughlin's success at Boston College led to his subsequent hiring as the first head coach of the NFL's expansion Jacksonville Jaguars. In eight seasons at Jacksonville, he helmed the most successful expansion team in league history. During Coughlin's tenure, the Jaguars went to the AFC Championship Game twice, the first time being only the second year of the team's existence, and for that season (1996), he was named NFL Coach of the Year by United Press International. Coughlin would again take the Jaguars to the AFC Championship Game in 1999 after achieving a league-high 14–2 regular season record. However, in both appearances in the championship game, the Jaguars were defeated: in 1996 by the New England Patriots, and in 1999, by the Tennessee Titans.

Coughlin's Jaguars won 49 regular season games in his first five years as head coach, a remarkable average for an expansion team of nearly ten wins per year. But the Jaguars' record for the next three years was only 19–29, and after a 6–10 finish in 2002, Coughlin was fired. He finished his eight-year career in Jacksonville with a 68–60 regular season record and a 4–4 playoff record.

New York Giants[link]

After being out of football in 2003, Coughlin was named the 16th head coach of the New York Giants on January 6, 2004.

Coughlin inherited a team that finished 4–12 in 2003, but led the Giants to a surprising 5–2 start in his first season as head coach. After back-to-back losses, in which veteran quarterback Kurt Warner struggled, left the Giants at 5–4, Coughlin made the decision to bench Warner and start New York's highly touted rookie quarterback, Eli Manning. Coughlin received criticism from some who felt the move amounted to a surrender of the 2004 season when the Giants were still in playoff contention. The Giants would go on to lose six of the seven games started by Manning, who struggled in his rookie season. In 2005, Kurt Warner left the New York Giants.

Coughlin's early move to Manning, though, would pay dividends in 2005, as Manning and the Giants went 11–5 in Coughlin's second season and won the NFC East for the first time since 2000. It was also the Giants first postseason appearance since making it as a Wild Card in 2002. However, a very poor performance by Manning, and a defense missing three starting linebackers, saw the Giants get shut out 23–0 at the hands of the Carolina Panthers at Giants Stadium. Following the game, Giant star running back Tiki Barber called out Coughlin and his offensive coordinator, partially because a Panthers player said that "We knew what they were going to do before they did it." Coughlin and Barber have yet to reconcile their differences, with Coughlin even refusing an interview by Tiki, then a sideline reporter for NBC, which would have been held prior to a Panthers-Giants game in 2008.^[2]

New York Giants GM Jerry Reese, former defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride & Coughlin at Giants Stadium.

Heading into the 2006 season, expectations for the Giants were high. In just over two years as the Giants head coach, Coughlin transformed the Giants from an underachieving, last place team into a possible Super Bowl contender. One of the most noticeable improvements under Coughlin was the elimination of star running back Tiki Barber's tendency to fumble. Barber fumbled 14 times between 2001 and 2003. During his time with Coughlin, he only fumbled four times. Barber also saw his production increase significantly, setting career highs in rushing and total yards each year under Coughlin.

The Giants struggled early during the 2006 campaign, going 1–2 in their first three games. After a particularly bad loss to the Seattle Seahawks, star tight end Jeremy Shockey stated that the Giants had been "outplayed and outcoached." The Giants rebounded by winning their next five games to go 6–2. However, the Giants suffered a stunning second half collapse, losing 6 of their next 7 games to fall to 7–8 heading into the last game of the season. After a late November loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Coughlin and his coaching staff were once again criticized by a player, and again it was Tiki Barber; Barber had also recently announced he was going to retire following the season, which provided another distraction for the sliding Giants. Things took another turn for the worse the next week when the Giants blew a 21-point fourth quarter lead and lost to the Tennessee Titans by a score of 24–21. After the game Coughlin had said to the media "I'm going to be sick about this one forever." Numerous injuries, excessive penalties, and a high number of turnovers—all three being problems that Coughlin promised to fix when hired as Giants head coach in 2004—had been most responsible for the downward spiral of the 2006 Giants. The media also hounded Coughlin with questions about Barber's announcement, and whether differences between Coughlin and Barber led to this point, and the team's fans and ownership were starting to get restless about the coach's performance; during a 30-7 defeat to the New Orleans Saints late in the year a loud "Fire Coughlin" chant erupted at Giants Stadium. However, the Giants rebounded with a victory in the season's final game at the Washington Redskins, all but securing a playoff berth and perhaps saving Coughlin's job in the process. However, Coughlin and the Giants lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, 23–20, in the first round of the playoffs. On January 10, 2007, it was announced that Coughlin would receive a one-year extension on his current contract and would remain as the Giants' head coach in 2007.

Coughlin with President Bush on April 30, 2008.^[3]

In the 2007 season, the Giants again started poorly with an 0–2 record. However, the team rebounded and won 6 straight games. The team compiled a 7–1 road record for the season, and they made it to the playoffs for the third year in a row. Coughlin and the Giants had their first playoff win in seven years when his team defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 6, 2008, 24-14. The Giants immediately followed up their win against Tampa Bay by narrowly defeating the Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional Playoffs, winning 21–17, preventing Dallas from beating them for the third time in the season. The upset victory over the Cowboys was followed up by a 23–20 overtime victory against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game. This victory set up Coughlin's first appearance in a Super Bowl as a head coach.

Super Bowl XLII took place in Glendale, Arizona on February 3, 2008. The game pitted Coughlin's New York Giants (13–6) against the undefeated New England Patriots (18–0) coached by Bill Belichick. The Patriots were favored by 12 points. The underdog Giants beat the Patriots 17–14 in what is often considered one of the biggest upsets in NFL history.

Prior to the start of Giants mini-camp in May 2008, Coughlin and the Giants were invited by President Bush to the White House to honor their victory in Super Bowl XLII.^[3] The Super Bowl win got Coughlin a four-year contract worth roughly $21 million to coach the Giants through 2011.^[4] The deal made him one of the NFL's highest-paid coaches.^[5]. Fresh off their Super Bowl season, the team started off red hot going 11-2 through 13 games, but after the Plaxico Burress shooting incident, the team went 1-2 down the stretch and despite being the #1 seed they were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Eagles. The Giants finished 8-8 in 2009, despite solid offensive play, however, their defense struggled throughout the season, and they missed the playoffs. In 2010, they began 1-2, and then began a five-game winning streak to finish 6-2 at the bye. Heading into week 15 against the Eagles, with a record of 9-4, during the last minutes of the game, Coughlin called a controversial out-of-bounds punt, when punter Matt Dodge punted the ball right to DeSean Jackson, who promptly took it to the end zone to seal the Eagles win, and eventually cause the Giants to miss the playoffs. This caused some to question whether Coughlin would keep his job as head coach after his contract expired. However, on July 24, 2011, he signed a one-year contract extension to remain with the Giants through the end of the 2012 season.^[6]

Following a very hectic free agency period when the Giants lost Pro Bowl Wide Receiver Steve Smith, Nose Tackle Barry Cofield, and Tight End Kevin Boss, expectations from many analysts and fans alike were very low. After losing the season opener to the Washington Redskins, in which the Giants seemed worn out and tired, the Giants went 6-2 before hitting a collapse, losing four straight games. At 6-6, the Giants won three of their last four games to finish at 9-7 with the NFC East championship.^[7] In their first playoff game since the 2008 NFC Divisional round, they defeated the Atlanta Falcons 24-2, with the Falcons' only points coming on a first quarter safety on Eli Manning. In the 2012 divisional game Coughlin coached the Giants to a 37-20 win over the favored Green Bay Packers. The following week he coached the Giants to a 20-17 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game to set up a Super Bowl rematch with the New England Patriots. On February 5, 2012, Coughlin's Giants defeated the Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI.

Personal life[link]

Coughlin is the oldest of seven children. He and his wife Judy have two daughters, Keli and Katie; two sons-in-law named Chris (Katie's husband Chris Snee plays on Coughlin's Giants); two sons, Brian and Tim; two daughters-in-law, Andrea (Tim’s wife) and Susie (Brian’s wife); and ten grandchildren: Emma Rose, Dylan, Shea, Cooper, Caroline May, Marin Elizabeth, Wesley, Brennon, Clara Amelia and Walker.

While with the Giants, Coughlin has been a resident of Park Ridge, New Jersey.^[8]

Foundation[link]

Coughlin created the Jay Fund, officially the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation in 1996 while coaching at Jacksonville, Florida. The non-profit organization is devoted to assisting "children with leukemia and other cancers and their families by providing emotional and financial support to help reduce the stress associated with treatment and improve their quality of life", according to the foundation's mission statement.^[9] As of early 2008, the fund had disbursed in excess of $2 million while assisting over 1,000 families of children with cancer.^[10]

Head coaching record[link]

College[link]

NFL[link]

Coaching tree[link]

NFL head coaches under whom Tom Coughlin has served:

• Marion Campbell, Philadelphia Eagles (1984–1985)
• Forrest Gregg, Green Bay Packers (1986–1987)
• Bill Parcells, New York Giants (1988–1990)

Assistant coaches under Tom Coughlin who became NFL head coaches:

• Dom Capers, Houston Texans (2002–2005)
• Kevin Gilbride, San Diego Chargers (1997–1998)
• Dick Jauron, Chicago Bears (1999–2003), Buffalo Bills (2006–2009)
• Lane Kiffin, Oakland Raiders (2007–2008), also current coach of USC Trojans (see below)
• Bobby Petrino, Atlanta Falcons (2007)
• Tony Sparano, Miami Dolphins (2008-2011)
• Steve Spagnuolo, St. Louis Rams (2009–2011^[11])

Assistant coaches under Tom Coughlin who became NCAA head coaches:

• Bobby Petrino, Louisville Cardinals (2003–2006), Arkansas Razorbacks (2008–2012)
• Randy Edsall, Connecticut Huskies (1999–2010), Maryland Terrapins (2011–current)
• Lane Kiffin, Tennessee Volunteers (2009), USC Trojans (2010–current)

See also[link]

• History of the New York Giants (1994–present)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bio on New York Giants official site
• Tom Coughlin at the College Football Data Warehouse