Source: Eagles to interview Tom Coughlin on Monday

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Updated: 7:18 p.m.

Go ahead and add Tom Coughlin to the list. 

The Eagles on Monday will interview the longtime Giants head coach for their head coaching vacancy, a league source tells CSNPhilly.com Saturday.

FOXSports' Mike Garafolo was the first to report the Eagles were expected to speak Coughlin, while ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported that it would likely happen Monday. 

Because the Giants still hold Coughlin's rights, the Eagles needed to ask permission to interview him. 

Coughlin resigned as the Giants head coach on Monday after 12 years and two Super Bowl championships. At his press conference Tuesday, Coughlin left open the possibility of coaching again.

Coughlin, 69, is much older than the other candidates the Eagles have interviewed thus far. On the flip side, he also has more NFL head coaching experience than all the other real candidates. Before taking over the Giants, Coughlin was the Jaguars' head coach from 1995-2002. 

While it was a long time ago, Coughlin does have a Philly connection. His first job in the NFL was as the Eagles' wide receivers coach in 1984-85. 

So far, the Eagles have interviewed four candidates for the job: Duce Staley, Pat Shurmur, Adam Gase and Ben McAdoo. McAdoo spent the last two years working under Coughlin as the Giants head coach. The Giants have already interviewed him for their job. 

In addition to Coughlin, the Eagles will reportedly meet with Chiefs OC Doug Pederson, Bengals DC Paul Guenther and Bucs OC Dirk Koetter (see story).

The Eagles beat the Giants in the season finale, which ended up being Coughlin's last game as Giants head coach. During the week leading up to the game, the Eagles fired Chip Kelly. Did that surprise Coughlin? 

"Quite frankly, I'm not surprised by anything in this business," he said to reporters, "but that one was close." 

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