Ben McAdoo is the new head coach of the Giants. But which number is he? Is he the 17th or 18th in franchise history?
The discrepancy is due to the 1930 season, the fifth in Giants history. With two games remaining in that year, the Giants fired LeRoy Andrews as head coach and replaced him with co-coaches. One of them was quarterback Benny Friedman, the other was Steve Owen.
Friedman coached those final two games of 1930 — both wins — and that was it for him as Giants coach. Owen, though, wasn’t finished. He completed the 1930 season and remained the Giants’ head coach until 1953.