John Mara
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| John Mara (back left) Tom Coughlin (foreground) & Steve Tisch (back right) at the Giants' visit to the White House after their Super Bowl XLII victory. | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth | December 1, 1954 |
| Place of birth | New York, New York |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | President/CEO |
| College | Boston College Fordham University School of Law |
| Head coaching record | |
| Championships won | 2007 Super Bowl XLII 2011 Super Bowl XLVI |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| New York Giants | |
John Kevin Mara[1] (born December 1, 1954) is the president, CEO, and co-owner of the New York Giants.
[edit] Life and career
Mara was born in New York City and grew up in White Plains, New York. He is the oldest son of Anne (née Mumm) and former Giants owner Wellington Mara.[1][2] His ancestry includes Irish, German, and Canadian. He attended Iona Preparatory School in nearby New Rochelle, graduating in 1972. He received a B.S. cum laude in marketing from Boston College in 1976, followed by a law degree in 1979 from Fordham University. After working as an attorney for some time, Mara joined the Giants in 1991, serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until his father's death in 2005, when he assumed the team's presidency.[2]
Mara is the third generation of his family to own the Giants. His grandfather, Tim, founded the team in 1925. Tim's sons, Wellington and Jack (John's uncle), inherited the team on Tim's death in 1959. Among NFL franchises, only the Chicago Bears (controlled by the Halas-McCaskey family since 1921) have been in the hands of one family longer than the Giants.
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/sports/football/25cnd-mara.html?pagewanted=2
- ^ a b John K. Mara, Esq., Official Site of the New York Giants, accessed January 23, 2010
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