Source: Giants fire coach head coach Pat Shurmur after two seasons

Pat Shurmur is gone after two seasons at the helm. Credit: Jim McIsaac

Pat Shurmur was hired two years ago to establish a winning culture with the Giants. While he seemed at times to succeed in the culture aspect of that mandate, the winning never materialized, and the Giants fired him on Monday after a 4-12 season, according to a source.

Shurmur’s two-year tenure with the Giants resulted in a 9-23 record, the second-worst winning percentage ever by a Giants head coach (Bill Arnsparger went 7-28 from 1974-76). Shurmur, who spent two seasons as head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 2011-12 and was the interim head coach of the Eagles for one game in 2015, has a career record of 18-46 and has…