Ray Handley, key member of Giants’ Super Bowl coaching staffs, dead at 81

The New York Giants are mourning the nonaccomplishment of Ray Handley, a erstwhile adjunct manager who aboriginal led the franchise arsenic caput coach. He was 81.

The Giants said Handley's household member, Rob Handley, confirmed the erstwhile coach's passing. Details connected a origin of decease were not instantly made available.

Handley archetypal joined the Giants coaching unit successful 1984, moving arsenic an adjunct nether then-head manager Bill Parcells. During his seven-year stint arsenic the team's violative backfield coach, Handley played a relation successful the Giants winning 2 Super Bowl titles.

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New York Giants caput manager Ray Handley connected the sideline against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine Tampa Stadium connected Nov. 24, 1991, successful Tampa, Florida. (USA TODAY Sports)

Parcells retired pursuing the Giants’ 2nd title successful that run. Handley was elevated to the caput manager presumption successful 1991.

But, Parcells’ occurrence yet proved hard for Handley to follow. One of his archetypal cardinal decisions was naming Jeff Hostetler implicit Phil Simms arsenic the starting backmost during grooming campy successful 1991. Simms had flourished arsenic the starter the erstwhile play until suffering a limb wounded earlier Hostetler took implicit to decorativeness the Super Bowl run.

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The Giants went 8-8 successful Handley’s debut play and fell to 6-10 the pursuing year. Handley was dismissed aft the 1992 play and was replaced by erstwhile Denver Broncos manager Dan Reeves.

New York Giants caput manager Ray Handley looks connected from the sidelines during an NFL crippled circa 1992 astatine Giants Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. Handley was the caput manager of the New York Giants from 1991-92. (Focus connected Sport/Getty Images)

Handley served arsenic an adjunct manager astatine Army, Stanford and Air Force earlier taking an adjunct coaching occupation with the Giants. He did not manager again aft helium was fired by New York.

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Before helium entered the coaching ranks, Handley was moving backmost astatine Stanford.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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