St. Louis Rams ask to interview Steve Spagnuolo
New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is in line to become a third finalist in the Rams’ head-coaching search. The Rams formally requested permission Monday morning to interview Spagnuolo, league sources told the Post-Dispatch. Getting permission from the Giants is mere formality; since they’ve already granted permission for Spagnuolo to interview with Denver and the New York Jets, the Giants cannot block St. Louis’ request.
League sources also told the Post-Dispatch that the Rams are trying to interview Spagnuolo on Thursday, probably in Los Angeles as one of the finalists for the job. The Rams are scheduled to interview Minnesota assisant head coach-defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier on Tuesday in LA. Current Rams coach Jim Haslett already has had his finalist interview.
Spagnuolo, 49, became available Sunday afternoon when the Giants lost to Philadelphia 23-11 in an NFC divisional playoff game. He has been the Giants defensive coordinator for two seasons, after spending eight seasons as an assisant coach with Philadelphia.


Guys,
Big Giant fan here…the year Fassel took us to the Super Bowl…we were and AVERAGE team at best…if you recall, we were 5-5 and then he GUARANTEED we would make the playoffs….then we went on to Super Bowl. The guy has like a 56-53 record with three trips to the playoffs and was Coach of the Year. Plus, without going into long of a story, I actually had personal contact with the guy and he is a class act. If you cannot get Cowher or Parcells-Fassel is a no brainer. I do not know how you could possibly consider another unproven coordinator after the Linehan debacle…
PS-Haslett is a nice guy but there is no possible way you can bring back a guy who lost his last 10 games….