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Following up on an ongoing story. ... Tom Coughlin was rewarded for the New York Giants’ Super Bowl victory, agreeing to a four-year, $21 million contract Friday that will make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid coaches. He will earn about $5.25 million annually, according to a person with knowledge of the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract was not signed. The team will announce the deal Saturday.
Reported by the Arizona Republic
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As previously noted, the two sides had the outline of the deal in place for weeks. His new contract represents a $2 million increase over last season and what he was to have earned this year. Seattle’s Mike Holmgren is the NFL’s top-paid coach at $8 million a year. ... Not bad for a guy on the verge of being fired after the Giants went 8-8 in 2006 and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year. Coughlin and the Giants (14-6) both staged remarkable turnarounds, capped by a 17-14 win over the previously unbeaten New England in last month's Super Bowl.
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