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Tom Coughlin reveals that his wife is afflicted with incurable brain disorder

Giants head coach Tom Coughlin speaks to the media during a news conference at Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, N.J. on Nov. 16, 2015. Credit: James Escher/James Escher

For years, Tom and Judy Coughlin barely saw one another.

Married since 1967, Tom would serve a coaching apprenticeship that eventually blossomed into a Hall of Fame-caliber career in the NFL, which meant there wasn’t much time together with his wife.

"It is safe to say that Judy and I do not have a typical marriage," Coughlin wrote in "A Team To Believe In," his memoir of the Giants’ 2007 Super Bowl season.