Giant Coach Gets Contract Extension

Jim Fassel, whose guarantee of a playoff berth ignited the New York Giants’ run to the Super Bowl, was rewarded Tuesday with a contract that makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid coaches.

Financial terms were not immediately available, but Fassel reportedly will earn $11 million over the length of the contract. He earned $1.1 million last season, when the Giants turned from also-rans into NFC champions.

“It is reflective of what he has accomplished in four years here and where we think he can take us in the future,” John Mara, the Giants’ executive vice president and general counsel, said. “We can now get on with the task of getting our team back to the Super Bowl.”

The long-anticipated deal came about a month after the Giants were beaten, 34-7, by the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl.