Former New York Giants assistant coach Fred Hoaglin dies at 82

[ASFN Admin]

Fred Hoaglin, a key assistant coach under Bill Parcells, who won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, has died at the age of 82.

Hoaglin passed away on August 1, reports the New York Post. He served as the Giants' offensive line coach from 1985 through 1992, coming over from the Detroit Lions, where he coached from 1978-1984.

Hoaglin followed Parcells to New England and helped the Patriots reach the Super Bowl. He then moved on to coach the tight ends in Jacksonville under another Parcells assistant, Tom Coughlin.

During Hoaglin's time with the Giants, he was in charge of the group Parcells dubbed "The Suburbanites." That is the name he gave the offensive line after seeing them pull up in vans with baby seats rather than sports cars or trucks.

From the New York Post:

The Giants went 79-48 in the regular season and 7-2 in the playoffs during Hoaglin’s tenure, making him the most successful offensive line coach in team history.

Team legend Harry Carson — who was on the 1986-’87 Super Bowl team — spoke to the Giants in-house website in 2011 about Hoaglin.

“Fred said that whenever he would drive into practice he felt so lucky that he had the guys that he had, because they made his job so easy,” Carson said. “He said they were the best group of guys that he ever coached. That is the way that we were – we all worked together. We were on a single mission and that was to win a championship.”

Among the players Hoaglin coached with the Giants were Bart Oates, Brad Benson, Karl Nelson, Billy Ard, Chris Godfrey, Bob Kratch, William Roberts, Jumbo Elliott, Doug Riesenberg, Eric Moore and Brian Williams.


This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Former New York Giants assistant coach Fred Hoaglin dies at 82

Continue reading...