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Tom Coughlin has coached in two Super Bowls during his 21 full seasons in the NFL, one as the Giants' receivers coach and 17 years later as their head coach. New York won both games and one of the few other people on the field for both was Bill Belichick, the Giants' defensive coordinator against the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV and the head coach of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
Coughlin, 64, and Belichick, 58, are in their 40th and 36th seasons, respectively in coaching, making them among the NFL's senior leaders along with Buffalo's Chan Gailey, Dallas' Wade Phillips, Seattle's Pete Carroll and Washington's Mike Shanahan.
Coughlin, has spent all but 12 of those 40 years coaching teams that called New York (Syracuse, Rochester Institute of Technology and the Giants) or Massachusetts (Boston College) home. Belichick has spent all but nine of his 36 seasons in the same states with the Giants, Patriots and New York Jets.
Coughlin, a wingback (sort of like an H-back) at Syracuse, has spent his entire career on offense. Belichick, a center and tight end at Wesleyan (Ct.), began his coaching career on special teams before moving to defense for good in 1983 with the Giants.
Tonight, the old colleagues meet again at the New Meadowlands Stadium in the preseason finale for the 1-2 Giants and the 2-1 Patriots. Although Belichick is the most successful active coach with more than three years of experience and his three titles are exceeded in NFL history only by Hall of Famers George Halas, Curly Lambeau, Vince Lombardi and Chuck Noll, Coughlin has usually gotten the better of him. Coughlin is 3-2 against Belichick in preseason, 2-1 in the regular season and of course, 1-0 in postseason, that monumental Super Bowl upset three seasons ago.
It's the mostly meaningless preseason finale except for the players on the bubble, but you had better believe that the ever-dour Belichick and the nearly as grim Coughlin won't be happy if he's the loser when they meet for the hurried postgame handshake and start preparing for their season openers 10 days from now.
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