Former Giants coach Tom Coughlin made an appearance on "Fox and Friends" early Monday morning to discuss his Jay Fund charity.

During the quick interview, he was asked how he is dealing with the fact he does not have a team for the first time in a long time, without a season to prepare for.

"Not well, not very well, to be honest with you," Coughlin responded. And while Coughlin laughed and smiled when he said it, you could tell he indeed meant every word of what he was saying.

"It's a very difficult thing, I don't care who you are, or how long you've been doing it. I've been doing it a long time, so you get yourself into the rhythm," he continued. "Your whole life, the calendar of your life is based on football, about the seasons, whether it's in-season or out of season. You have a schedule that you follow. So there's some adjusting for me to make."

So, Coughlin was asked, does that mean he is retired?

"I'm not ret ... I don't like that word," he said. "I'm way too young for that."

Coughlin resigned as Giants head coach on Jan. 4 after 12 seasons, but team president and CEO John Mara has made it clear since then Coughlin was unlikely to return in 2016 no matter what.

Coughlin then interviewed with the San Francisco 49ers and the Eagles for their head coaching vacancies. It is believed Coughlin was a serious candidate in Philadelphia, but he pulled his name out of consideration.

Mara reiterated to reporters at the Super Bowl last week he hopes Coughlin will take him up on his offer for a consulting role with the Giants. Coughlin is by all indications on very good terms with the organization - he was working out at the team facility on the day of new coach Ben McAdoo's introductory press conference, and he wore a blue-and-red necktie during the Fox interview.

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