Peter Giunta (born August 11, 1956) is an American football

American football

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 coach

Coach (sport)

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 . He currently serves as defensive back

Defensive back

In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

s coach to defensive coordinator

Defensive coordinator

A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a gridiron football team who is in charge of the defense. Generally, along with his offensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...

 Perry Fewell

Perry Fewell

Perry Fewell is an American football coach who currently serves as the Defensive Coordinator of the New York Giants. Before that he served as the interim head coach and defensive coordinator of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills...

 and head coach

Head coach

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 Tom Coughlin

Tom Coughlin

Thomas Richard Coughlin is an American football coach who is currently head coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League . Coughlin has led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995–2002 and...

 for the New York Giants

New York Giants

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. Giunta has also served as defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams

St. Louis Rams

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 from 1998–2000, succeeding the retiring Bud Carson

Bud Carson

Leon H. "Bud" Carson was an American football coach best known for his role on the Pittsburgh Steelers' championship teams of the 1970s.-Player:Carson played defensive back for North Carolina from 1949 to 1951, then entered the Marines.-Georgia Tech:...

. Giunta has coached at the high school

High school football

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, college

College football

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 and pro level, and also as both offensive

Offense (sports)

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 and defensive

Defense (sport)

In many team sports, defense or defence is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defense...

 assistant throughout his career. He played cornerback

Cornerback

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 and running back

Running back

A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

 under Robert Lyons

Robert Lyons (American football)

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 at Northeastern University from 1974-1977.