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Eli Manning On WFAN: Tom Coughlin ‘A Good Role Model For Any Person’

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — For the first time in his NFL career, Eli Manning will play for a coach other than Tom Coughlin.

Coughlin stepped down as Giants coach Monday after 12 seasons — the last four ending without a playoff appearance. In an interview with WFAN’s Mike Francesa on Monday afternoon, Manning raved about the coach he won two Super Bowls with.

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“He’s just a good man. He’s a great football coach,” Manning said.