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Eagles Assistant Joins the Giants
New York Times, NY - 10 hours ago
The Giants, whose championship hopes this season collapsed when their defense collapsed, turned to their bitter rivals, the Philadelphia Eagles, for a new defensive coordinator.

Steve Spagnuolo, the Eagles’ linebackers coach and a defensive assistant for the team for eight years, was hired yesterday to replace the fired Tim Lewis.

In a teleconference yesterday, Coach Tom Coughlin said he had researched many potential successors but had interviewed only Spagnuolo.

Coughlin spoke from Mobile, Ala., where he is monitoring daily practice sessions for the Senior Bowl. He said he was impressed by Spagnuolo’s achievements with the Eagles.

“I was looking for a guy who had an opportunity to work with outstanding people in the league,” Coughlin said, “not just an aggressive system, because the system here has been aggressive. It is a plus that he knows our division, and is also a plus that he comes from a program that has Andy Reid as a head coach and Jim Johnson as a defensive

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:51:00 GMT

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