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 of the Giants is John Harbaugh, since his hiring on January 17, 2026.[6]

Key

# Number of coaches[N 1]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
Win% Winning percentage
† Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
‡ Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
* Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Giants

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2025 NFL season.
Tom Coughlin spent 12 years as head coach of the Giants,[7] before resigning on January 4, 2016.
# Image Name Term[N 2] Regular season Playoffs Awards
GC W L T Win% GC W L
1 Bob Folwell* 1925 12 8 4 0 .667 — — —
2 Doc Alexander 1926 13 8 4 1 .654 — — —
3 Earl Potteiger 1927–1928 26 15 8 3 .635 — — — NFL Championship (1927)
4 LeRoy Andrews 1929–1930 30 24 5 1 .817 — — —
5 Benny Friedman‡ 1930 2 2 0 0 1.000 — — —
6 Steve Owen† 1931–1953 268 153 100 17 .598 10 2 8 2 NFL Championships (1934, 1938)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1950)[8]
7 Jim Lee Howell* 1954–1960 84 53 27 4 .655 4 2 2 NFL Championship (1956)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (1956)[8]
8 Allie Sherman* 1961–1968 112 57 51 4 .527 3 0 3 AP Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)[9]
UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)[8]
9 Alex Webster* 1969–1973 70 29 40 1 .421 — — — UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1970)[8]
10 Bill Arnsparger* 1974–1976 35 7 28 0 .200 — — —
11 John McVay* 1976–1978 37 14 23 0 .378 — — —
12 Ray Perkins 1979–1982 57 23 34 0 .404 2 1 1
13 Bill Parcells† 1983–1990 127 77 49 1 .610 11 8 3 2 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]
14 Ray Handley* 1991–1992 32 14 18 0 .438 — — —
15 Dan Reeves 1993–1996 64 31 33 0 .484 2 1 1 AP 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* 1997–2003 112 58 53 1 .522 5 2 3 AP 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 Coughlin 2004–2015 192 102 90 0 .531 11 8 3 2 Super Bowl Championships (2007, 2011)
18 Ben McAdoo* 2016–2017[N 3] 28 13 15 0 .464 1 0 1
19 Steve Spagnuolo 2017 4 1 3 0 .250 — — —
20 Pat Shurmur 2018–2019 32 9 23 0 .281 — — —
21 Joe Judge* 2020–2021 33 10 23 0 .303 — — —
22 Brian Daboll* 2022–2025[N 4] 61 20 40 1 .336 2 1 1 AP Coach of the Year (2022)
23 Mike Kafka* 2025 7 2 5 0 .286 0 0 0
24 John Harbaugh 2026–present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of Giants head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more terms is only counted once.
  2. ^ Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
  3. ^ McAdoo was fired twelve games into the 2017 season. Spagnuolo served as interim head coach for the remaining four games.
  4. ^ Daboll was fired with 2–8 record in 2025 season. Kafka served as interim head coach for the remaining season.

References

  1. ^ Goldstein, Richard (October 25, 2005). "Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of New York Giants, Is Dead at 89". New York Times. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "New York Giants Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  3. ^ "LeRoy Andrews' Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  4. ^ "Bill Arnsparger's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  5. ^ "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  6. ^ Salomone, Dan (January 19, 2026). "New York Giants hire John Harbaugh as head coach". New York Giants. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  7. ^ "Tom Coughlin's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
  9. ^ "Allie Sherman". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  10. ^ "Duane Charles Parcells". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  11. ^ "Two-time SB champion Parcells retires from coaching". ESPN. January 23, 2007. Archived from the original on August 30, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  12. ^ "Bill Parcells". 60 Minutes. CBS. October 3, 2004. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  13. ^ "Dan Reeves". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  14. ^ "Reeves beats owner to the punch". ESPN. December 10, 2003. Archived from the original on March 31, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  15. ^ "Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  16. ^ "James Edward Fassel". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  17. ^ "James Fassel". Associated Press. December 17, 2003. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

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