 However, in an unusual turn of events, the Giants agreed to allow him coach the team for the remainder of the season so long as Fassel assured them that the team would not "quit" on him.After a brief search, Ernie Accorsi hired Tom Coughlin, a one-time assistant of former Giants' coach Bill Parcells, to be the Giants new head coach.Coughlin had been the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and led them to the AFC Championship Game twice.