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Article: Giant steps; New York's `other' coach is riding high.(SPORTS)

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December 24, 1997
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He is the head coach of an NFL team in New York.

He turned a franchise from division worst to first in a season.

His team is in the playoffs.

And his name is not Bill Parcells.

Parcells, the first-year coach of the New York Jets, lost his spotlight this week to Giants coach Jim Fassel, the second-most celebrated NFL head coach hired during the offseason to coach in New York.

On Thursday, according to reports in several New York newspapers, Fassel will be named NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press.

The Giants went from 6-10 in 1996 under fired coach Dan Reeves to 10-5-1 and the NFC East title in Fassel's ...

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