List of New York Giants head coaches

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise was founded in 1925 and have played for 19 NFL championships. They have won seven World Championship Games (Super Bowl and NFL Championship games) and one NFL Championship by virtue of having the league's best record at the end of the season in 1927.[1][2]

There have been 22 head coaches for the Giants franchise. Five coaches have won NFL Championships with the team: Earl Potteiger in 1927, Steve Owen in 1934 and 1938, Jim Lee Howell in 1956, Bill Parcells in 1986 and 1990, and Tom Coughlin in 2007 and 2011.[2] Steve Owen leads all-time in games coached and wins, and LeRoy Andrews leads all coaches in winning percentage with .828 (with at least one full season coached).[3] Bill Arnsparger is statistically the worst coach the Giants have had in terms of winning percentage, with .200.[4]

Of the 22 Giants coaches, three have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Benny Friedman, Steve Owen and Bill Parcells.[5] Several former players have been head coach for the Giants, including Doc Alexander, Earl Potteiger, Benny Friedman, Steve Owen, Jim Lee Howell, and Alex Webster. The current head coach is Brian Daboll, who was hired on January 28, 2022.[6]

Key

#Number of coaches[N 1]
GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
TTies
Win%Winning percentage
00Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
00Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
00*Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Giants

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
Tom Coughlin spent 12 years as head coach of the Giants,[7] before resigning on January 4, 2016.
#ImageNameTerm[N 2]Regular seasonPlayoffsAwards
GCWLTWin%GCWL
1 Bob Folwell*192512840.667
2Doc Alexander192613841.654
3Earl Potteiger19271928261583.635NFL Championship (1927)
4LeRoy Andrews19291930302451.817
5 Benny Friedman193022001.000
6Steve Owen1931195326815310017.59810282 NFL Championships (1934, 1938)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1950)[8]
7Jim Lee Howell*195419608453274.655422NFL Championship (1956)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1956)[8]
8Allie Sherman*1961196811257514.527303AP Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)[9]
UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)[8]
9Alex Webster*196919737029401.421UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1970)[8]
10Bill Arnsparger*19741976357280.200
11John McVay*197619783714230.378
12 Ray Perkins197919825723340.404211
13 Bill Parcells1983199012777491.61011832 Super Bowl Championships (1986, 1990)
AP Coach of the Year (1986)[10]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1986)[11]
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1986)[12]
UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1986)[8]
14Ray Handley*199119923214180.438
15 Dan Reeves199319966431330.484211AP Coach of the Year (1993)[13]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1993)[14]
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1993)[15]
UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1993)[8]
16 Jim Fassel*1997200311258531.522523AP Coach of the Year (1997)[16]
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1997)[17]
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1997)[8]
17 Tom Coughlin20042015192102900.53111832 Super Bowl Championships (2007, 2011)
18 Ben McAdoo*201620172813150.464101
19 Steve Spagnuolo[N 3]20174130.250
20 Pat Shurmur20182019329230.281
21 Joe Judge*202020213310230.303
22 Brian Daboll*2022–present3415181.456211AP Coach of the Year (2022)

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