A Giant Win

Inside the New York Giants' Historic Upset over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII

De: Tom Coughlin, Greg Hanlon, Eli Manning - introduction

Narrado por: Donald Corren, Tom Coughlin

From legendary Giants coach Tom Coughlin, an inside look at the unforgettable Super Bowl game that changed NFL history.

In A Giant Win, Coach Tom Coughlin reveals the intricacies of football, sharing details only a coach would know. He also details relationships with some of the most iconic players from the Giants, including Eli Manning and Michael Strahan.

A Giant Win provides a frame for Coach Coughlin to discuss his life in football—including his years with the Giants as an assistant coach in the late 1980s and 1990, when he helped win a Super Bowl working under Hall of Fame Head Coach Bill Parcells and alongside the coach he’d oppose in Super Bowl XLII: Bill Belichick.

A Giant Win is a fascinating self-portrait of one of football's most successful coaches during his signature game.

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"In A GIANT WIN, one of football history’s greatest coaches takes the reader inside football history’s greatest game. Nobody thought we could beat the Patriots, but Coach Coughlin made us believe. In this book, he vividly recalls all the plays, players and personalities that helped David “stomp out” Goliath. Coach Coughlin is on the Mount Rushmore of all-time New York sports coaches. In A GIANT WIN, he opens up about his time in New York, sharing unprecedented insight into his relationships with his players, including myself. As a coach, he should be in the Hall of Fame. But he’s an even better man."
—Michael Strahan

"There’s so much in this book that I didn’t know—and I covered this game and these teams a lot that season. One of the reasons: Tom Coughlin teams did not leak. Did you know David Tyree basically begged Coughlin to stay a Giant when drugs nearly derailed his career and life? Coughlin, who can read bullcrap, kept Tyree. Without Tyree, the greatest Super Bowl upset ever does not happen. Without Tyree, 62 Y Sail Union never makes history. Coughlin the coach was masterful that year, and Coughlin the storyteller is just as good in A GIANT WIN."
—Peter King

"Super Bowl XLII was one of the best nights of my life. I don't know what I enjoyed more: Watching the Giants raise the Lombardi Trophy, or watching them put Tom Brady on his ass over and over. Reading A GIANT WIN, I felt like I was reliving that night. Like the best sports books, A GIANT WIN puts you right into the action."—Tracy Morgan

"You don't have to be a Giants fan or even a football lover to appreciate Tom Coughlin's journey to NFL greatness. Coughlin provides principles for not just succeeding in sports, but succeeding in life! It’s a wonderful example of how with hard work, dreams can come true, as told by one of the finest men in football. All that said, as a football fan, what a thrill to go behind the curtain of a championship season!"
—Suzy Kolber

"Super Bowl XLII was a coaching masterpiece. In A GIANT WIN, Tom Coughlin takes the reader inside the gameplan, showing that he's a Hall of Fame author as well as a Hall of Fame coach. I coached against Tom in the NFC East for many years, and you knew his teams were always going to be well-prepared and tough, both physically and mentally. It was that mindset that helped them pull off one of the sport’s greatest upsets. A GIANT WIN masterfully tells that story. It's a must-read for anyone who has ever rooted for the underdog."
—Andy Reid

Great detail

Interesting insight into a “game”. Good application to life. I really enjoyed this book. Thanks.

Real life football and Life

Coach gives us a real life look at not just football and success but Real life.

Love Coach Coughlin Story

Loved the design on telling the story of the Super Bowl and his life at this same time. Only negative is the narrator had no idea how to speak “football”

A Giant Story

It’s easy. If you are a Giants fan, get this book. If you believe the power of good character. Get this book.

Great for any giants fan

A great in depth look at 2007 and most of TC’s career. You get a lot more details than NFL films gives along with a history lesson about TC.

Any given Sunday…. 18-1

This is a story of values, perseverance, courage and love. As a long time Jints fan I never in any wildest dream think they would win. All Tom does in the book is explain you can do anything with hard work and preparation.

interesting but incredibly verbose

This book is the perfect example of the saying. why use five words when 500 will suffice. The story of someone interesting but I find myself in several places saying oh my goodness. can you please just get on with it. there are so many detours from the story that I had to stop with about an hour left to go, I just couldn't take anymore.