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Bill Parcells

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Born
August 22, 1941 · Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Birth name
Duane Charles Parcells
Nickname
- The Big Tuna

Biography

Bill Parcells is an American former football coach who was a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the head coach of the New York Giants Football Team, whom he led to two Super Bowl titles. Parcells later served as the head coach of New England Patriots, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys. Throughout his career, he coached teams that were in a period of decline and turned them into postseason contenders. He is the only coach in NFL history to lead four teams to the playoffs and three teams to a conference championship game.

When Parcells became the head coach of the Giants in 1983, he took over a franchise that had qualified for the postseason only once (1981) in the past decade and had only one winning record in their last 10 seasons. Parcells brought new success to the team and within four years, guided them to their first Super Bowl win. His tenure with the Giants spanned eight seasons and concluded with a second championship victory in Super Bowl XXV. After the Super Bowl win, Parcells retired as a coach in 1991.

In 1993, Bill Parcells came out of retirement to become the head coach of the Patriots, another struggling franchise at the time. Once again, Parcells changed the fortunes for the team and led them to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXI during his fourth season as their coach, although the game ended in defeat for the Patriots. Amid conflicts with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, he left the franchise after their Super Bowl loss and became the head coach of the Jets for the next season. Under Parcells, the Jets went from having only one victory in the previous season to obtaining a winning record, and they reached the 1998 AFC Championship Game in his second year with the team.

After three seasons as the Jets' head coach, Parcells retired for a second time in 1999, but came back to football in 2003 to become the head coach of the Cowboys. He coached the Cowboys for four seasons and helped them qualify for the playoffs twice, although the team was eliminated in the first round each time. Following the team's loss in a 2006 NFC Wild Card game, Parcells retired from coaching for good in 2007.

Since his final retirement from coaching, Parcells served as an NFL analyst for ESPN and since 2014, has been an unofficial consultant for the Cleveland Browns. He was also the Vice President of Football Operations with the Miami Dolphins, a position he held from 2008 to 2010. In 2013, Parcells was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Coached New York Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXV over the Buffalo Bills.
Led New England Patriots to Super Bowl XXXI but angrily quit the team afterward in a lengthy dispute with team owner Robert Kraft; ironically, his defensive coach, Bill Belichick, would lead the Patriots to victory in the Super Bowl five years later.
"Retired" from football coaching after 1999 season with New York Jets, but nearly unretired for 2002 with the Tampa Bay Buccanneers; he decided against coaching the Bucs, but for 2003 he accepted job as coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
During his final season as Cowboys head coach (2006), he disliked Terrell Owens so much that during press conferences, he would only refer to him as "The Player" instead of saying his name. He would often appear visibly frustrated when media members would ask questions about Owens.
High school football coach was Mickey Corcoran.