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The discovery of materials with programmable combinations of charge transport and magnetic properties is a major goal in synthetic chemistry. Molecular materials, such as coordination polymers (CPs), are emerging candidates in this field due to their synthetic modularity. While there are many conductive or magnetic CPs, single-component examples with both properties are still emerging. Here we demonstrate how alloying paramagnetic Fe(III) centers into a highly conductive Ni-based CP results in novel amorphous materials with high conductivity and giant magnetoresistance. Aliovalent doping with paramagnetic Fe centers engenders spin-glass transitions, while Ni and the strong π-stacking interactions of tetrathiafulvalene-2,3,6,7-tetrathiolate (TTFtt) ligands support conductivity. Ni0.69Fe0.31TTFtt has σ ≈ 200 S/cm and a 1.8 K magnetoresistance of −52% at 5 T, among the largest for any coordination solid. This work demonstrates not only how magnetic properties can be rationally incorporated into conductive CPs, but also an unexpected potential for amorphous materials in spintronic applications.