Tom Coughlin: 'Motor starting to run' for coaching comeback

Tom Coughlin is not lacking for things to do these days.

The former New York Giants coach told The MMQB that he watches his grandchildren play sports and is involved in The Jay Fund, a charity Coughlin started 20 years ago after one of his players at Boston College, Jay McGillis, died from leukemia.

But make no mistake: Coughlin misses football.

"I've coached 47 years of my life," Coughlin told The MMQB on Sunday night. "You take that away, and that's not an easy thing to duplicate."

Coughlin told the website his "motor is starting to run again," but he realizes that in order to coach again next year he needs a team that will accept him as a different kind of coach.

"We'll see," Coughlin said. "It'll take two to tango. The 70-year-old man stuff will be a factor, and I'm sure they'll know this would be a three- and four-year thing."

Coughlin added: "They'll have to know the guy. If I have an opportunity to speak to anyone, they'll see what I'd be able to do for them."

As he looks to the future, Coughlin is not particularly interested in talking about the past and his departure from the Giants.

"I'm not gonna go there," he said. "Fifteen years in the organization, and I'll stand by that. I'm disappointed how it ended, but I had a lot of great times there. I'll be rooting for them every time they play."