Giants legend Tom Coughlin named semifinalist for Hall of Fame

Former New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, who led Big Blue to two Super Bowl championships, is among nine semifinalists in the coaches’ category for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.

One of the nine candidates will be selected as a finalist for the Class of 2025 on November 19.

Other candidates who advanced on the list, which was cut down from 14 to nine on Thursday, include two other former Giant head coaches — Bill Arnsparger and Dan Reeves, and a former assistant Marty Schottenheimer.

Mike Shanahan, Mike Holmgren, George Seifert, Chuck Knox, and Clark Shaughnessy round out the list.

Along with being a two-time Super Bowl champ, Coughlin was the first head coach of the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars, taking them to two AFC Championship Games. His overall NFL record is 182-157 over a span of 20 seasons.

Arnsparger coached the Giants from 1974-76, compiling a 7-28 record but made his name as a coordinator of the Miami Dolphins’ No-Name defense of the early 1970s. He passed away in 2015.

Reeves coached Big Blue from 1993-96, compiling a 31-33 record. He is noted for taking the Denver Broncos to three Super Bowls and the Atlanta Falcons to another. He passed away in 2022.

Schottenheimer compiled a 205-139-1 record over 21 seasons as a head coach for Cleveland, Kansas City, San Diego, and Washington. He was a defensive assistant for the Giants in the mid-1970s where he developed Harry Carson and Brad Van Pelt into Pro Bowl linebackers.