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Kevin Gilbride

Kevin Gilbride is in his third full season as the Giants' offensive coordinator after serving the previous three years as the team's quarterbacks coach. Gilbride assumed play-calling duties from former coordinator John Hufnagel prior to the 2006 regular season finale in Washington.

With Gilbride devising game plans and calling plays, the Giants' offense compiled many impressive numbers during the 2008 season. The Giants finished the season with 427 points and 338 first downs, both the second-highest totals in franchise history. They scored 448 points in 1963 and had 356 first downs in 1985. The Giants scored at least 30 points seven times during the season - including four
games in a row from Nov. 2-30 - their highest total of 30-point games since 1963, when they had 10.

The Giants rushed for NFL-leading and franchise record numbers of 2,518 yards and 5.0 yards per carry. The previous records were 2,451 yards in 1985 and 4.7 yards an attempt in 2005 and 2006. The Giants rushed for 301 yards in an overtime victory over Carolina on Dec. 21 that clinched home field advantage throughout the postseason. It was the fifth-highest total in team history and their highest total in 49 years.

Brandon Jacobs rushed for 1,089 yards (despite missing three games with a knee injury) and Derrick Ward ran for 1,025 to the fourth pair of backs from the same team - and the fifth set of teammates - to run for at least 1,000 yards in the same season.

Overall, the offense was ranked seventh in the NFL with an average of 355.9 yards a game, almost 25 yards more than the unit's 2007 average.

Gilbride has worked closely with Eli Manning throughout the quarterback's career. In 2008, Manning Manning threw for 3,238 yards and 21 touchdowns to become the first Giants quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in four consecutive seasons and the first to throw at least 20 touchdown passes four years in a row. Manning is one of four quarterbacks to throw for at least 3,000 yards every season from 2005-08. The others are Drew Brees, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning. He is one of three quarterbacks with at least 20 touchdown passes in each of the last four seasons, joining Brees and Peyton Manning.

Gilbride joined the Giants as the team's quarterbacks coach on Jan. 26, 2004. He was reunited with Tom Coughlin, for whom he worked as the Jacksonville Jaguars' first offensive coordinator in 1995 and 96. Gilbride has also coordinated offenses for the Houston Oilers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills. The 2009 season is Gilbride's 35th in coaching and 20th in the National Football League.

As quarterbacks coach, Gilbride was at the forefront of the development of Manning, the No. 1 selection in the 2004 NFL Draft. In 2005, under Gilbride's guidance, Manning led the Giants to the NFC East title while throwing 557 passes, the third-highest total in the league and the second-highest total in team history. Manning's 294 completions tied for ninth in the NFL and placed him fourth on the Giants' single-season list. His 3,762 yards were fifth in the NFL and fifth on the franchise's single-season list. Manning threw 24 touchdown passes, the most by a Giant since Fran Tarkenton had 29 in 1967.

In 2006, Gilbride's last as quarterbacks coach, Manning threw 522 passes, the sixth-highest total in Giants history. He completed 301 of those throws to become just the second quarterback in franchise history to top 300 completions in a season. Manning threw 24 touchdown passes, matching his 2005 total and leaving him tied for fourth in the NFL with St. Louis Pro Bowler Marc Bulger. Manning became the first Giants quarterback to throw at least 20 touchdown passes in consecutive seasons since Phil Simms did it three years in a row from 1984-86.

Manning's development under Gilbride became evident in the latter part of the quarterback's rookie season in 2004. In the last three games of the year, Manning completed 53 of 87 passes (61 percent) for 527 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions. In the season-ending victory over Dallas, Manning threw three touchdown passes and led a 66-yard drive in the final two minutes for the winning score.

Prior to joining the Giants, Gilbride spent two years as the Bills' offensive coordinator. In his first season in Buffalo, the Bills set seven offensive team records, including most net passing yards (3,995). Quarterback Drew Bledsoe set 10 team records. That year, Buffalo had the fifth-best passing offense in the NFL and was 11th overall while averaging 23.7 points, 22.2 first downs, and 349.4 yards per game. That offense featured the franchise's first 4,000-yard passer in Bledsoe, two 1,200-yard receivers (Eric Moulds and Peerless Price) and a 1,400-yard rusher (Travis Henry).

Gilbride entered the NFL as the quarterbacks coach of the Oilers in 1989. He was promoted to offensive coordinator from 1990-93 and then to assistant head coach/offense in 1994. Houston ranked first in the NFL in passing yards in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993. The Oilers also ranked first in the league in total offense in 1990, second in 1991, third in 1992 and second in 1993.

Gilbride's first stint with Coughlin began in 1995, when Gilbride took over as the offensive coordinator of the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars. The following year, the Jaguars led the NFL with 259.7 passing yards per game and were second in total offense with 360.2 yards per contest, a performance that helped Jacksonville to the AFC Championship Game in just its second year of existence.

After two years in Jacksonville, Gilbride was named the 10th head coach in San Diego Chargers history on Jan. 19, 1997 and posted a 6-16 record over the course of the 1997-98 seasons. He spent the 1999 and 2000 seasons as offensive coordinator with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2001, Gilbride was an analyst with ESPN.

Prior to joining the NFL, Gilbride spent two seasons (1985-86) in the Canadian Football League as an assistant with the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Gilbride began his career as the linebackers coach at Idaho State in 1974-75. He held the same position at Tufts University in 1976-77. Gilbride was the defensive coordinator at American International and the head coach at his alma mater, Southern Connecticut State University, from 1980-84. He compiled a 35-14-2 record, a .706 winning percentage that is the best in school history.

Gilbride was born in New Haven, Con., and earned a degree in physical education from Southern Connecticut State, where he also played quarterback and tight end. He received his master's in athletic administration from Idaho State. He and his wife, Deborah, have three children - daughters Kelly and Kristen and son, Kevin. Kelly is a 1998 graduate of Harvard University, Kristen graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1999 and Kevin graduated from the University of Hawaii in 2003.

                                                GILBRIDE AT A GLANCE

1974-75...................Idaho State.......................graduate assistant
1976-77..................Tufts University.................linebackers coach
1978-79....................American International.....defensive coordinator
1980-84..................Southern Connecticut State............head coach
1985-86................Ottawa Rough Riders........quarterbacks/receivers
1987.....................East Carolina.............passing game coordinator
1988.....................East Carolina..................offensive coordinator
1989.....................Houston Oilers...................quarterbacks coach
1990-93..................Houston Oilers.................offensive coordinator
1994.....................Houston Oilers.........assistant head coach/offense
1995-96..................Jacksonville Jaguars...........offensive coordinator
1997-98..................San Diego Chargers........................head coach
1999-00..................Pittsburgh Steelers.............offensive coordinator
2002-03..................Buffalo Bills....................offensive coordinator
2004-06.................New York Giants..................quarterbacks coach
2007-09.................New York Giants..............offensive coordinator