Fassel

The New York Jets had their famously outlandish guarantee. And, thanks to Jim Fassel, the New York Giants had their own.Three decades after quarterback Joe Namath vowed his underdog Jets…

Jim Fassel, who was a longtime architect of offensive schemes in the pros and collegiate football and reached the pinnacle of his career when he coached the Giants team that reached the 2001…

So Fassel went the other way in 1997.“The man has a mean streak,” Armstead, who was no softy, said of Fassel in 1997. “‘You really don’t want to mess with him. He goes after people. You…

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Jim Fassel, a longtime NFL offensive coach who was the league’s coach of the year in 1997, has died. He was 71.Fassel’s son, John, confirmed his father’s death to the Los Angeles Times on…