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When Tom Coughlin received a one-year contract extension last July to serve as Giants head coach through the 2012 season, he shrugged off the extra job security that came with the pact, saying, “As I’ve said roughly a thousand times, we’re all on one-year contracts in this business.’’
Well, probably not for long.
After winning his second Super Bowl title in four years this season, Coughlin is in line for a heavy-duty new contract.
“We’ve had a lot of good discussions since the Super Bowl, and I have no doubt it’s going to get done very soon,’’ Giants co-owner John Mara told The Post yesterday from the NFL owners’ meetings in Palm Beach, Fla. “As I’ve said, Tom is our guy, and we think we have the best coach in the league.”
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Mara added he expects the deal to get done in the next 4-6 weeks.
Coughlin, who turns 66 on Aug. 31, is the NFL’s oldest coach. Last month, he became the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl, and he has shown no signs of slowing down.
Saints coach Sean Payton was scheduled to make $7.5 million in salary this season and the Patriots’ Bill Belichick ($7.5 million), Redskins’ Mike Shanahan ($7 million) and Seahawks’ Pete Carroll ($6.7 million) also are in the NFL’s coaching financial stratosphere.
Coughlin’s new contract likely will pay him far more annually than his 2011 salary of $5.25 million.
paul.schwartz@nypost.com
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