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 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.
There have been 22 head coaches for the Giants franchise. Five coaches have won NFL Championships with the team: Earl Potteiger in , Steve Owen in 1934 and 1938, Jim Lee Howell in 1956, Bill Parcells in 1986 and 1990, and Tom Coughlin in 2007 and 2011. 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). Bill Arnsparger is statistically the worst coach the Giants have had in terms of winning percentage, with .200.
Of the 22 Giants coaches, three have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Benny Friedman, Steve Owen and Bill Parcells. 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.
Key #Number of coachesA running total of the number of Giants head coaches. Thus, any head coach who has two or more terms is only counted once.GCGames coachedWWinsLLossesTTiesWin%Winning percentage Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coachElected 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 conclusion of week 4 of the 2026 NFL season.
# Image Name TermEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season. Regular season Playoffs Awards GC W L T Win% GC W L1Bob Folwell12840———2Doc Alexander13841———3Earl Potteiger–261583———NFL Championship (1927)4LeRoy Andrews–302451———5Benny Friedman2200———6Steve Owen–2681531001710282 NFL Championships (1934, 1938)Sporting News Coach of the Year (1950)7Jim Lee Howell–8453274422NFL Championship (1956)Sporting News Coach of the Year (1956)8Allie Sherman–11257514303AP Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1961, 1962)9Alex Webster–7029401———UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1970)10Bill Arnsparger–357280———11John McVay–3714230———12Ray Perkins–572334021113Bill Parcells–1277749111832 Super Bowl Championships (1986, 1990)AP Coach of the Year (1986)Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1986)Sporting News Coach of the Year (1986)UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1986)14Ray Handley–3214180———15Dan Reeves–6431330211AP Coach of the Year (1993)Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1993)Sporting News Coach of the Year (1993)UPI NFC Coach of the Year (1993)16Jim Fassel–11258531523AP Coach of the Year (1997)Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1997)Sporting News Coach of the Year (1997)17Tom Coughlin–19210290011832 Super Bowl Championships (2007, 2011)18Ben McAdoo–McAdoo was fired twelve games into the 2017 season. Spagnuolo served as interim head coach for the remaining four games.281315010119Steve Spagnuolo4130———20Pat Shurmur–329230———21Joe Judge–3310230——— 22 * –Daboll was fired with 2–8 record in 2025 season. Kafka served as interim head coach for the remaining season. 61 20 40 1 2 1 1 AP Coach of the Year (2022) 23 * 7 2 5 0 0 0 024–present4310 000
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