{"id":128654,"date":"2026-02-10T11:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/128654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:31:06","slug":"former-new-york-giants-head-coach-ray-handley-dead-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/128654\/","title":{"rendered":"Former New York Giants head coach Ray Handley dead at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 10, 2026, 6:04 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ray Handley, a two-time Super Bowl winner as an assistant on Bill Parcells&#8217; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> teams of the 1980s and 90s, has passed away at age 81.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The news was broken on Handley&#8217;s nephew&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/rob-handley-2512698a_competitiveness-toughness-halloffame-activity-7425209768446689280-z8pC\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawP1iPhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvT3ZBWTJybEdvdGt1U3dVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrBN0-JBt9-gVet0iljkgNnZUbZF5JgEPA-1ognaIqxQ5gx0PtO15FgCBS_w_aem_rdpVpRLFcv2rUEs8T2S73g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">LinkedIn page<\/a>, stating his uncle passed away on February 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Handley was Parcells&#8217; running back coach from 1984 through 1990 and won two Super Bowls. He coached such players as Rob Carpenter, Joe Morris, Ottis Anderson, Maurice Carthon, and Rodney Hampton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When Parcells parted ways with the Giants after the team won Super Bowl XXV in 1991, Handley was chosen to succeed the future Hall of Fame coach in a controversial move. Many thought defensive coordinator Bill Belichick would get the nod.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants went 14-18 in Handley&#8217;s two seasons at the helm and failed to qualify for the postseason during those years.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770723066_700_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 10, 2026, 6:04 a.m. ET Ray Handley, a two-time Super Bowl winner as an assistant on Bill&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,9,11,10,1941,1942,948,9609,950,930,932,947,1047,691,4080,19213,949,682],"class_list":["post-128654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sstssportsnflgiants","tag-sstsngiants","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdeath-tragedy","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-coaching-training","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}