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Black Monday in NFL: Coughlin resigns as Giants coach; McCoy returns to Chargers

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tom Coughlin, who returned the Giants to NFL prominence by winning two Super Bowls, resigned Monday after missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

The Giants announced the decision one day after the Giants (6-10) capped their third straight losing season with a 35-30 defeat against Philadelphia, their third straight and sixth in seven games.

Coughlin said he stepped down “in the best interest of the organization.”

The move may signal the end of a 20-year NFL head coaching career for the 69-year-old Coughlin, one of 13 coaches to win multiple Super Bowls.

The league’s oldest active coach and third-longest tenured among the 32 who finished the season, Coughlin came into 2015 knowing he had to get the Giants back to the postseason to keep his job. It didn’t happen.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mike McCoy says he will return as coach of the Chargers despite a 4-12 record.

McCoy says he’s “very thankful for the opportunity to be back.”

John Spanos, grandson of owner Alex Spanos, says in a statement he has “utmost confidence” in McCoy and general manager Tom Telesco.

McCoy even says he’s the right person to lead the Chargers into the Los Angeles area if they’re allowed to leave San Diego after 55 seasons.

Team chairman Dean Spanos wants to partner with the rival Oakland Raiders to build a stadium in Carson.

McCoy is 23-27 in three seasons, including a playoff win and loss in his first season, 2013.

San Diego missed the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons.

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