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{{Short description|American football coach (born 1941)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Bill Parcells
| image = File:Bill Parcells (cropped).jpg
| caption = Parcells as the head coach of Air Force in 1978
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|8|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Englewood, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = [[River Dell Regional High School|River Dell]]<br />([[Oradell, New Jersey]])
| college = [[Wichita State Shockers football|Wichita State]] (1960–1963)
| draftyear = 1964
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 89
| pastteams =
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{nfly|1964}})*
| pastcoaching =
* [[Hastings Broncos football|Hastings]] (1964)<br />Linebackers coach
* [[Wichita State Shockers football|Wichita State]] (1965)<br />Linebackers coach
* [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] (1966–1967)<br />Linebackers coach
* Army (1968–1969)<br />Defensive coordinator
* [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]] (1970–1972)<br />Linebackers coach
* [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] (1973–1974)<br />Linebackers coach
* [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] (1975–1977)<br />Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
* [[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force]] (1978)<br />Head coach
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1979}})<br />Defensive coordinator<br />''Resigned in the offseason after six weeks''
* [[New England Patriots]] ({{NFL Year|1980}})<br />Linebackers coach
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1982}})<br />Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
* New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1983}}–{{NFL Year|1990}})<br />Head coach
* New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|1993}}–{{NFL Year|1996}})<br />Head coach
* [[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|1997}}–{{NFL Year|1999}})<br />Head coach
* [[Dallas Cowboys]] ({{NFL Year|2003}}–{{NFL Year|2006}})<br />Head coach
| pastexecutive =
* New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|1993}}–{{NFL Year|1996}})<br />General manager
* New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1997}}–{{NFL Year|2000}})<br />General manager
* [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{NFL Year|2008}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})<br />Executive VP of football operations
| highlights =
* 2× [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]], [[Super Bowl XXV|XXV]])
* 2× [[AP NFL Coach of the Year Award|AP NFL Coach of Year]] (1986, 1994)
* [[NFL Coach of the Year Award#The Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year|''The Sporting News'' NFL Coach of Year]] (1986)
* 2× [[NFL Coach of the Year Award#Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year|''Pro Football Weekly'' NFL Coach of Year]] (1986, 1994)
* [[NFL Coach of the Year Award#Greasy Neale Award (Maxwell Football Club)|Greasy Neale Award]] (1994)
* [[NFL 1990s All-Decade Team]]
* [[New York Giants Ring of Honor]]
* [[New England Patriots Hall of Fame]]
* [[New England Patriots|New England Patriots All-1990s Team]]
| coachregrecord = NFL: {{Winning percentage|172|130|1|record=y}}<br>NCAA: {{Winning percentage|3|8|record=y}}
| coachplayoffrecord = {{Winning percentage|11|8|record=y}}
| coachrecord = {{Winning percentage|183|138|1|record=y}}
| pfrcoach = ParcBi0
| pfrexec = ParcBi0
| HOF = bill-parcells
}}
'''Duane Charles''' "'''Bill'''" '''Parcells''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ɑːr|ˈ|s|ɛ|l|z}} {{respell|par|SELZ}}; born August 22, 1941)<ref name="Gutman">{{cite book|author=Gutman, Bill|year=2000|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/gutman-parcells.html|title=Parcells: A Biography|publisher=Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc|access-date=March 8, 2008}}</ref> is an American former [[American football|football]] coach who served as a [[head coach]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 19 seasons. He came to prominence as the head coach of the [[New York Giants]] from 1983 to 1990, where he won two [[Super Bowl]] titles. Parcells was later the head coach of the [[New England Patriots]] from 1993 to 1996, the [[New York Jets]] from 1997 to 2000, and the [[Dallas Cowboys]] from 2003 to 2006. Nicknamed "'''the Big Tuna'''", he is the only NFL coach to lead four different franchises to the playoffs and three to a conference championship game.
As the head coach of the Giants, Parcells took over a franchise that had qualified for the playoffs only once in the past decade and had only one winning record in their last 10 seasons. Within four years, he guided them to their first [[Super Bowl XXI|Super Bowl title]] and won a second championship in [[Super Bowl XXV]] four years later. Parcells retired following the second Super Bowl, but came out of retirement in 1993 to become the head coach of the Patriots, another struggling franchise at the time. By his fourth season, New England reached [[Super Bowl XXXI]], although the game ended in defeat. He left the Patriots after their Super Bowl loss and became the head coach and [[general manager (American football)|general manager]] of the Jets, who went from a one-win season to appearing in the [[AFC Championship Game]] by his second year.
Parcells retired for a second time in 1999, but returned again in 2003 as the head coach of the Cowboys. The Cowboys made two playoff appearances under Parcells, although both ended in first-round defeats, leading to his third and final retirement in 2007. Following his final retirement from coaching, Parcells served as the vice president of football operations for the [[Miami Dolphins]] from 2008 to 2010. He was inducted to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Parcells, Carter finally make Pro Football Hall of Fame|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/02/02/nfl-hall-of-fame-announcement/1886453/|work=USA Today|access-date=February 2, 2013|first1=Jim|last1=Corbett|date=February 2, 2013}}</ref>
==Early life==
Parcells was born in [[Englewood, New Jersey]] on August 22, 1941. He grew up in the nearby town of [[Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey|Hasbrouck Heights]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/needell/2008/12/for_parcells_there_is_no_great.html | title=For Parcells, there is no greater game | first=Paul | last=Needell | date=December 28, 2009 | work=The Star-Ledger | ___location=[[Newark, New Jersey]] | access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2008/08/28/0828parcells.html?cxntlid=inform_artr | title=Bill and Don shared a bed in the family's small house in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. | work=The Palm Beach Post | date=August 28, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/19/sports/super-bowl-xxi-the-giants-vs-the-broncos-the-two-sides-of-bill-parcells.html?pagewanted=3 | title=Super Bowl XXI: The Giants vs. the Broncos; the Two Sides of Bill Parcells | first=Frank | last=Litsky | author-link=Frank Litsky | date=January 19, 1987 | work=The New York Times | quote=Bill is his nickname. His real name is Duane Charles Parcells, but once he became a teenager only his mother called him Duane. He was raised in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., and everyone knew him as Duane except his fourth-grade teacher. She used to say, 'Duane Parcells, is she here?' | access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> His mother, Ida Parcells (born Naclerio), was a housewife while his father, Charles (Chubby) Parcells, played quarterback at [[Georgetown University]] and worked for the [[FBI]] before becoming a lawyer for [[United States Rubber Company|Uniroyal Tires]].
Prior to his sophomore year in high school, the Parcells family moved a few miles north to the town of [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]], where he attended [[River Dell Regional High School]]. While he was at River Dell, he was routinely mistaken for another boy named Bill. As he had always disliked his given name of Duane, he decided to adopt Bill as his nickname.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2008/08/28/0828parcells.html?cxntlid=inform_artr|title="Young Bill usually got his way, even when it came to unofficially changing his birth name, Duane Charles, which Doug said his brother "always hated.' Assigned to a new school, River Dell High, in his sophomore year, he found that students confused him with a boy named Bill. So Parcells adopted the name and made it stick."}}</ref><ref name="Litsky">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/19/sports/super-bowl-xxi-the-giants-vs-the-broncos-the-two-sides-of-bill-parcells.html | title=Super Bowl XXI: The Giants vs. the Broncos; the Two Sides of Bill Parcells | first=Frank | last=Litsky | author-link=Frank Litsky | date=January 19, 1987 | work=The New York Times | access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> While coaching the New York Giants, Parcells and his family lived in upscale Upper Saddle River, a New Jersey town which was the home of Giants General Manager George Young as well.<ref>{{cite web | last=Oates | first=Bob | title=Through the Wars: New York Giants Are Riding High After a History of Ups and Downs | website=Los Angeles Times | date=1989-10-24 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-24-sp-548-story.html | access-date=2025-06-29}}</ref>
Parcells was an athlete as a youth. At {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} upon entering River Dell, he was large for his age, which enabled him to become a standout player on his high school's football, baseball, and basketball teams.<ref>Puma, Mike. [https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Parcells_Bill.html Parcells made struggling franchises into winners], [[ESPN.com]]. Accessed October 11, 2006. "When he entered River Dell High School in 1955, Parcells was one of the biggest kids in his class at 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds."</ref> His football coach at River Dell was [[Tom Cahill (American football)|Tom Cahill]], who would later become the head coach at [[Army Black Knights football|Army]]. His basketball coach at River Dell was Mickey Corcoran, whom Parcells considers to be "next to my father ... the most important influence in my life."<ref>Gutman, Bill (2000). [https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/gutman-parcells.html ''Parcells: A Biography'', p. 17]. Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.</ref> Corcoran would serve Parcells as an advisor and confidant throughout his coaching career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/sports/92941524_Storybook_life.html?c=y&page=2|title=Stapleton: Mickey Corcoran's captivating trip down memory lane|first=Stapleton|last=Art}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/sports/football/mickey-corcoran-mentor-to-bill-parcells-dies-at-93.html | title=Mickey Corcoran, Mentor to Bill Parcells, Dies at 93 | first=Dave | last=Anderson | author-link=Dave Anderson (sportswriter) | date=December 2, 2015 | work=The New York Times}}</ref>
==Playing career==
Upon graduating from high school, Parcells arrived at [[Colgate University]].<ref>http://wsu.wichita.edu/the-shocker/story.php?eid=15&id=268#.Xjiwac5KiHs {{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As a freshman, he was offered a contract by the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. His father disapproved of a career in sports and wanted him to study law, so the younger Parcells declined the offer. He soon transferred to the University of Wichita (now known as [[Wichita State University]]), where he played linebacker and earned a physical education degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2008/08/28/0828parcells.html?cxntlid=inform_artr|title=Charles viewed sports as a healthy diversion, but wanted his son to study law. Bill decided to play football in college. He was a freshman at Colgate when the Philadelphia Phillies offered him a contract. Charles quickly nixed that idea. Parcells then transferred to the Municipal University of Wichita (now Wichita State), where he played linebacker in 1958–59 and earned a physical education degree.}}</ref> It was here that Parcells' famous nickname "Big Tuna" took hold. The name itself is a mis-statement of his actual nickname "Tuner". There were few radio stations in Wichita at the time, so players often trained without music. Parcells, showing the kind of preparation that would make him a successful coach later, frequently arrived early to training sessions, in order to set up a radio. Parcells would try several locations in the gym to get a signal. His diligence and attention to detail earned him the nickname "Tuner". This subsequently became "Tuna", likely due to the accents of the New York media who covered the Giants.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
He was drafted in the seventh round (89th overall) by the [[Detroit Lions]] as an offensive lineman, but was released by the team before playing a single NFL game after he reportedly quit the team after a hot morning workout.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Booher|first=Christian|title=On This Date: Bill Parcells Quits Detroit Lions after Training Camp Practice|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/on-this-date-lions-history-bill-parcells-quits|access-date=July 24, 2021|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=July 22, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Litsky" />
==College coaching career==
At the conclusion of his playing days, Parcells took a close look at his future. He was considering attending law school or becoming a franchise owner for [[Pizza Hut]], where he had worked in college. Instead, he chose to pursue a career in football.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danpatrick.com/2013/07/30/bill-parcells-looks-back-at-football-life-says-he-almost-chose-pizza-hut-over-football-comments-on-saints-job-nickname-big-tuna/|title=BILL PARCELLS LOOKS BACK AT FOOTBALL LIFE – SAYS HE ALMOST CHOSE PIZZA HUT OVER FOOTBALL; COMMENTS ON SAINTS JOB; NICKNAME BIG TUNA|quote=I never really was aspiring [to NFL coaching] when I was a young coach. It was a decision between going into coaching, going to law school , which I had interest in.And going to work for a franchise that I had worked for in college. The name of the franchise was Pizza Hut. …. We were running stores for them. … What they wanted me to be was a franchisee and expand the franchise. When they were talking to me there were only about six or eight of them.|access-date=March 29, 2022|publisher=The Dan Patrick Show|date=July 30, 2013}}</ref> He began as an assistant coach at [[Hastings College|Hastings]] (1964) before moving on to [[Wichita State University|Wichita State]] (1965), [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] (1966–69), [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]] (1970–72), [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] (1973–74), and [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] (1975–77). In 1978, he became the head coach at the [[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force Academy]] for one season.<ref name="Litsky" />
While serving as linebackers coach at [[Army Black Knights football|Army]], Parcells was also a part-time assistant basketball coach for [[Bob Knight]] during the 1966–67 season, which led to their longtime friendship.<ref>http://www.mahalo.com/Bill_Parcells "Bill Parcells started his [head] coaching career with the Air Force Academy and was part-time assistant basketball coach at Army, while Bobby Knight was the head coach."{{dead link|date=January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/games/2006-12-23-texastech-bucknell_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Knight equals Dean Smith on all-time wins list after Texas Tech tops Bucknell | date=December 23, 2006 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref>
==Professional coaching career==
===New York Giants (1979)===
In 1979, Parcells accepted an offer to become the [[defensive coordinator]] of the [[New York Giants]] under head coach [[Ray Perkins (wide receiver)|Ray Perkins]]. However, when his family wanted to stay in Colorado, he resigned and took a job with a land development company in [[Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/sports/2002/01/20/backing-out-nothing-new-for/50334016007/ | title=Backing out nothing new for Parcells }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gmenhq.com/2015/02/24/bill-parcells-still-considers-student-one-man/ | title=Bill Parcells Still Considers Himself a Student to One Man | first=Daniel | last=Graham | date=February 24, 2015 | website=GMenHQ.com}}</ref> While living in Colorado, Parcells became a season ticket holder with the Denver Broncos. Parcells called it the most miserable year of his life.<ref name="Litsky"/>
===New
Feeling dissatisfied with his life away from football, Parcells returned to the sport in 1980 as the linebackers coach of the [[New England Patriots]] under [[Ron Erhardt]].<ref name="Litsky"/> It was during this stint with the Patriots that Parcells adopted his "Big Tuna" nickname. Whenever he thought his players were trying to get away with something, Parcells would yell "Who do you think I am? [[Charlie the Tuna]]?," referencing a [[StarKist]] commercial of the era featuring a naive cartoon fish named, "Charlie the Tuna." <ref name="Canton Repository">{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Todd |title=Canton Repository |url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/pro/pro-football-hof/2013/07/31/legends-parcells-tuna/42213611007/ |website=CantonRep.com |publisher=CantonRep.com |date=July 31, 2013}}</ref>
===New York Giants (1981–1990)===
[[File:Bill Parcells HOF Bust.jpg|thumb|right|Parcells' Hall of Fame bust]]
The following season, Parcells was approached once again by Perkins to join the Giants' staff as an assistant coach, and Parcells accepted the offer. As defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, he was allowed to change the team's [[4–3 defense]] to a [[3–4 defense|3–4 system]].<ref name="Litsky"/> When Perkins announced on December 15, 1982, that he was leaving the Giants at the end of the season to become head coach and athletic director at the [[University of Alabama]], the Giants announced that Parcells would succeed him as head coach.<ref name="Litsky"/>
When Parcells took over in [[1983 NFL season|1983]], the team had posted just one winning season in the previous ten years. In his first year, he made a controversial decision to bench [[Phil Simms]] in favor of [[Scott Brunner]] due to Brunner's success in leading the Giants to the 1981 post-season. Also, Simms had missed the entire 1982 season in addition to the latter part of 1981 due to injury. Brunner struggled and Parcells went back to Simms in week 6, but Simms broke his thumb and missed the rest of 1983. The result was a disastrous 3–12–1 season during which the Giants surreptitiously offered Parcells' job to [[Miami Hurricanes football|University of Miami]] head coach [[Howard Schnellenberger]] after a week 14 loss to the [[Arizona Cardinals|St. Louis Cardinals]]; however, Schnellenberger declined, and Parcells remained as head coach.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/12/sports/young-is-angry.html | work=The New York Times | title=Young Is Angry | date=December 12, 1983 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref>
After this dismal first season, Parcells made a finally healthy Simms the starter again for 1984 and replaced half the roster. The team's record improved to 9–7 and 10–6 over the next two years, and earned them their first back-to-back playoff appearances since 1961–1963. In 1986, he led the Giants to the first of two [[Super Bowl]]s. In the [[1986 New York Giants season|1986 season]], the Giants compiled a franchise-best 14–2 record and the first of three division titles. Parcells, whose stifling 3–4 defense (known as the Big Blue Wrecking Crew) led by [[Lawrence Taylor]], [[Carl Banks]], [[Harry Carson]], and [[Leonard Marshall]], and an offense under the direction of Phil Simms, knocked off the [[1986 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] 49–3, and the [[1986 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]] 17–0, in the playoffs before routing the [[1986 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] 39–20 in [[Super Bowl XXI]]. Parcells is credited as the first coach to be doused with Gatorade at the end of a Super Bowl, which led to a Super Bowl tradition. While there are some claims that Chicago Bears coach [[Mike Ditka]] had been doused a year earlier,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=rovell/051014 | title=How the dunk was born | first=Darren | last=Rovell | author-link=Darren Rovell | date=October 14, 2005 | publisher=ESPN Page 2 | access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> [[NFL Films]] president [[Steve Sabol]] has stated that he can find no evidence to support it in any footage he has reviewed and that he believes the tradition started with Parcells and [[Jim Burt (American football)|Jim Burt]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/sports/football/a-splashy-football-tradition-gatorade-style.html | work=The New York Times | title=A Splashy Tradition, Gatorade Style | date=January 20, 2012 | first=Sam | last=Borden}}</ref>
Following the Super Bowl win, Parcells was courted by the [[Atlanta Falcons]] to become the head coach and [[General Manager (American football)|general manager]] of the franchise. However, NFL Commissioner [[Pete Rozelle]] would not allow Parcells to break his contract with the Giants and he stayed in New York.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/report-bill-parcells-falcons-vp-football-operations-post-article-1.272893 | ___location=New York | work=Daily News | title=Report: Bill Parcells considering Falcons' VP of football operations post | date=December 19, 2007 | first=Gary | last=Myers}}</ref>
Parcells led the Giants to a second Super Bowl in 1990. The Giants began the [[1990 NFL season|1990 season]] 10–0, but lost Phil Simms to injury late in the season and [[1990 New York Giants season|finished 13–3]]. Playing with a back-up quarterback in [[Jeff Hostetler]] and a 33-year-old veteran running back in [[Ottis Anderson]], the Giants convincingly defeated the [[1990 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] in the divisional playoff, 31–3. They followed that up with a dramatic, come-from-behind fashion over [[1990 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco]], 15–13, in the [[1990–91 NFL playoffs#NFC Championship: New York Giants 15, San Francisco 49ers 13|NFC Championship game]] on a last-second 42-yard field goal by [[Matt Bahr]], set up by a [[Roger Craig (American football)|Roger Craig]] fumble caused by nose tackle [[Erik Howard]]. [[Super Bowl XXV]] proved equally exciting as the Giants used tough defense and a ball-control and power-running [[New England Patriots strategy#Erhardt-Perkins offensive system|Erhardt – Perkins style offense]] to stop the [[1990 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]], 20–19, whose own last-second 47-yard field goal attempt by [[Scott Norwood]] missed wide right. Parcells retired from football after Super Bowl XXV due to health problems.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/16/sports/football-decision-a-giant-among-giants-parcells-says-goodbye.html | title=FOOTBALL: Decision; A Giant Among Giants, Parcells Says Goodbye | work=The New York Times | date=May 16, 1991 | last1=Eskenazi | first1=Gerald }}</ref>
During his coaching tenure, the Giants secured three division titles (1986, 1989, 1990), had only two losing seasons (the Giants went 6–9 during the [[1987 NFL season|strike year]] of 1987), and tallied an 8–3 playoff record. Parcells, along with former Giants head coach [[Tom Coughlin]], both made the [[NFL playoffs]] five times as Giants head coach, and the two [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl titles]] they each won with the Giants occurred in their fourth and eighth seasons with the franchise, respectively.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/myers-coughlin-join-parcells-hof-day-article-1.1416849 | title=As Bill Parcells enters Football Hall, Tom Coughlin's resume displays Fame appeal | first=Gary | last=Myers | ___location=New York | work=Daily News | date=August 3, 2013}}</ref>
===First retirement===
Following retirement, Parcells spent time as a football analyst for [[NBC Sports]] from 1991 to 1992, working as a commentator. He also co-hosted a local sports show in New York with [[Mike Francesa]] called ''Around the NFL''.
In 1992, Parcells made a handshake agreement to become head coach of the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. At the last minute, Parcells opted not to take the job. Parcells did not feel the situation was right for him at that time. Buccaneers owner [[Hugh Culverhouse]] said, "I feel like I've been jilted at the altar."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/01/19/parcells_career_ap/ | title=With Parcells, it's the same old song, different verse | agency=Associated Press | work=SI.com | date=January 19, 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629115244/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/01/19/parcells_career_ap/ | archive-date=June 29, 2011 | access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
Parcells was also offered by his friend [[Ron Wolf]] the opportunity to become the new head coach of the [[Green Bay Packers]] in 1992, but Parcells declined, saying that he needed open heart surgery.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/05/sports/pro-football-parcells-snubs-chance-to-join-the-packers.html | title=PRO FOOTBALL; Parcells Snubs Chance to Join the Packers | work=The New York Times | date=January 5, 1992 | last1=Sandomir | first1=Richard }}</ref> The job instead went to [[Mike Holmgren]], who would later coach against Parcells in [[Super Bowl XXXI]].
===New England Patriots (1993–1996)===
After a two-year [[Unemployment|hiatus]], Parcells returned to the NFL in 1993 as the head coach for the struggling [[New England Patriots]], who were fresh off of a 2–14 record in [[1992 New England Patriots season|1992]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/bill-parcells/biography/ | title=Bill Parcells: Biography | publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame | access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref> Within two years, he coached the team to a 10–6 record in [[1994 New England Patriots season|1994]] and its first [[1994-95 NFL playoffs|playoff game]] in eight years. In [[1996 New England Patriots season|1996]], he guided the Patriots to their first division title in 11 years, and only the second and third home playoff games in franchise history. The Patriots went all the way to [[Super Bowl XXXI]], but lost to the [[1996 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]], 35–21, in New Orleans.
Parcells left the Patriots after disagreements with owner [[Robert Kraft]], who had bought the team in early 1994, after Parcells' first year as head coach. Parcells had effectively been the team's [[general manager]] since arriving in New England, but felt Kraft would not allow him enough input in player personnel decisions. Upon his departure, Parcells famously stated: "They want you to cook the dinner; at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries. Okay?" This was mainly in reference to an incident in the Patriots' war room during the [[1996 NFL draft|1996 draft]]. Parcells wanted to draft defensive end [[Tony Brackens]] with their first-round choice, but was vetoed by Kraft. They ultimately selected [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] wide receiver [[Terry Glenn]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2007-12-30-0712290246-story.html | title=Give Parcells picks, he will find gold | first=Harvey | last=Fialkov | date=December 30, 2007 | work=[[Sun-Sentinel|South Florida Sun-Sentinel]] | access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
===New York Jets (1997–1999)===
Although Parcells had decided to leave New England, his contract did not allow him to coach anywhere else.
The Giants seriously considered offering him his old job as head coach of their organization, but in a dramatic behind-the-scenes event ended up offering the job to [[Jim Fassel]] instead.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 15, 2015 |website=www.giants.com | url=https://www.giants.com/news/giants-were-seconds-away-from-bringing-bill-parcells-back-in-1997-14787303 | title=Giants were seconds away from bringing Bill Parcells back in 1997 }}</ref>
The [[New York Jets]] sought Parcells as head coach and general manager after a 4–28 record under [[Rich Kotite]]. To circumvent Parcells' contractual obligations, the Jets hired [[Bill Belichick]] (then the No. 1 assistant to Parcells) as the Jets coach, and then hired Parcells in an "advisory" role. New England threatened legal action against Parcells and the Jets, but [[NFL Commissioner]] [[Paul Tagliabue]] brokered a deal between the two sides, with New England releasing Parcells from his contract and the Jets giving New England a third- and fourth-round pick that year, a second-round pick the next year and a first-round draft choice the year after that. Jets owner [[Leon Hess]] gave Parcells complete control over football operations, the main sticking point in his dispute with Kraft.
====1997–98====
Parcells again orchestrated a remarkable turnaround in his first year with the Jets. In his [[1997 New York Jets season|first season]] with the Jets, the team barely missed the playoffs with a record of 9–7 (the Jets were 1–15 the year before Parcells arrived, and had won a total of 10 games in the previous three seasons combined). In [[1998 New York Jets season|1998]], the Jets went to the playoffs with a current franchise-best 12–4 record, which was good enough for second place in the conference<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1998/ | title=1998 NFL Standings & Team Stats | publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=NFL&yr=1998 | title=1998 NFL Standings | publisher=The Football Database}}</ref> and earned the Jets their third home playoff game since moving to New Jersey in [[1984 New York Jets season|1984]] (their first home playoff game was against the [[1985 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]] following the [[1985 New York Jets season|1985 season]]), but they lost to the [[Super Bowl XXXIII|eventual Super Bowl XXXIII champion]] [[1998 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] in the [[1998–99 NFL playoffs#AFC Championship: Denver Broncos 23, New York Jets 10|AFC Championship Game]], in which New York had led 10–0 in the third quarter before Denver scored 23 unanswered points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199901170den.htm|title=AFC Championship - New York Jets at Denver Broncos - January 17th, 1999|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> It was the only time Parcells lost a conference championship game.
====1999====
In [[1999 New York Jets season|1999]], expectations were high for the Jets to go to the [[Super Bowl XXXIV|Super Bowl]]. However, quarterback [[Vinny Testaverde]] ruptured his Achilles tendon in the Jets' home opener against the [[1999 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]] and the season went downhill from there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://a.espncdn.com/nfl/news/1999/0912/53587.html|title=Testaverde done for the season|website=ESPN.com|date=September 13, 1999|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> After starting the season 1–6, the Jets won three straight and faced the [[1999 Indianapolis Colts season|Indianapolis Colts]]. Parcells emphasized the importance of not obtaining a "7th loss" but they did lose to the Colts and then to the [[1999 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] the following week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199911280clt.htm|title=New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts - November 28th, 1999|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199912050nyg.htm|title=New York Jets at New York Giants - December 5th, 1999|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> At 4–8, the Jets were in danger of finishing below .500. The Jets would finish 8–8, but out of the playoffs. In 1999, Parcells retired from football for the second time, vowing that he would not coach again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.espn.go.com/nfl/news/2000/0103/266575.html|title=Parcells resigns; Belichick turns down job|website=ESPN.com|date=January 5, 2000|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> He picked his assistant [[Bill Belichick]] to be head coach, which ended up seeing him resign in favor of [[Al Groh]]. Parcells remained with the Jets one more year as general manager until he announced his resignation on January 9, 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parcells quits front-office position |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/2001/0102/988347.html |date=January 10, 2001 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |website=www.espn.com}}</ref> To date, he is the only Jets coach to leave the team with a winning record after coaching at least two seasons.
===Dallas Cowboys (2003–2006)===
Following three straight 5–11 seasons, [[Dallas Cowboys]] owner [[Jerry Jones]] lured Parcells out of retirement and made him the head coach in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/2003/0102/1486254.html|title=Parcells gets $17.1 million deal to coach fourth team|website=ESPN.com|date=January 2, 2003|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref>
====Earn the Star====
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Always known for deploying psychological tactics and strategies to get the most from his players, Parcells mandated upon his arrival in 2003 that to have the Cowboys star placed on the helmet was a privilege reserved for players that had made the team, not a right, and informed all rookies that regardless of their draft position, it was incumbent upon them to "earn the star."<ref name="ESPN Earn the Star">{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/6824104/dallas-cowboys-rookies-earn-their-helmet-stars | title=Dallas Cowboys rookies must earn star | first=Calvin | last=Watkins | date=August 1, 2011 | work=ESPN.com | access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> [[Jerry Jones|Jones]] enthusiastically embraced the idea, and supported Parcells' decision to have Cowboys equipment managers remove all of the star logos from rookie helmets. Since then, all drafted and UFA (undrafted free agent) rookies that report to the Cowboys must officially make the roster before having the star logo permanently placed on their helmet.<ref name="ESPN Earn the Star" />
The practice of "earning the star" has become a permanent fixture of Cowboys tradition, with all of Parcells' successors adopting the practice.<ref name="ESPN Earn the Star" /> As social media emerged, #EarnTheStar and #EarningTheStar became popular [[Twitter]] [[hashtags]] for Cowboys fans and players.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1009512473752489986|user=dallascowboys|title="You have to EARN the right to wear that star." -Jason Garrett#EarnTheStar | #WallpaperWednesday|date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
====2003====
In his first season with the Cowboys in [[2003 Dallas Cowboys season|2003]], he led them to the playoffs with a 10–6 record (losing to the eventual NFC champion [[2003 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]] in the Wild Card round),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200401030car.htm|title=Wild Card - Dallas Cowboys at Carolina Panthers - January 3rd, 2004|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> making him the first head coach in NFL history to guide four teams to the playoffs.
====2004====
The [[2004 Dallas Cowboys season|2004 season]] was one of turmoil. Starting quarterback [[Quincy Carter]] was terminated for alleged drug use in favor of 40-year-old veteran [[Vinny Testaverde]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2004/8/5/19843636/cowboys-cut-carter-loose/|title=Cowboys cut Carter loose|website=Deseret.com|date=August 5, 2004|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> who had been brought to the Cowboys from the New York Jets by his former coach in the off-season. While a favorite of Coach Parcells, Testaverde proved ineffective as a starter. The Cowboys started strong, with victories against the [[2004 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] and [[2004 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]], but injuries, older personnel, spotty play-calling, and persistent penalties hobbled the Cowboys, and they quickly fell off to a 3–5 record by midseason, finishing the season 6–10.
====2005====
The Cowboys improved their defense before the 2005 season with the additions of first-round draft picks [[DeMarcus Ware]] and [[Marcus Spears (defensive end)|Marcus Spears]]. Parcells drafted these players in hopes of jumpstarting the team's transition from the traditional [[Glossary of American football|4–3 defense]] to a [[3–4 defense]], which Parcells ran in all of his previous stops. Jerry Jones also added a number of high-priced older veteran players, acquiring nose tackle [[Jason Ferguson (American football)|Jason Ferguson]] and cornerback [[Anthony Henry (American football)|Anthony Henry]] via free agency, and linebacker [[Scott Fujita]] via the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]. On offense, the Cowboys felt the need to upgrade their passing game to complement their top 2004 draft pick, running back [[Julius Jones (American football player)|Julius Jones]], and acquired quarterback [[Drew Bledsoe]] via free agency. During his tenure, Parcells made a point of signing players who had played for him in the past, including Bledsoe, [[Terry Glenn]] (with the Patriots), Testaverde, cornerback [[Aaron Glenn]], wide receiver [[Keyshawn Johnson]], and fullback [[Richie Anderson (American football)|Richie Anderson]] with the Jets. In 2005, the Cowboys went 9–7, missing the playoffs by one game.
====2006====
In 2006, the Cowboys signed controversial former [[Philadelphia Eagles]] [[wide receiver]] [[Terrell Owens]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 18, 2006 |title=A star is born: Owens signs with the Cowboys |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2374189 |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> [[Keyshawn Johnson]] was released and signed with the [[Carolina Panthers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2368544|title=Cowboys cut Johnson, opening up extra cap room|website=ESPN.com|date=March 14, 2006|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2382797|title=Keyshawn signs four-year deal with Panthers|website=ESPN.com|date=March 24, 2006|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> Owens, whom Parcells never referred to by name, but rather as "The Player", was fairly successful with the team. In week 7 of the 2006 season, Parcells decided to replace veteran quarterback [[Drew Bledsoe]] with fourth-year quarterback [[Tony Romo]]. The Cowboys were 6–4 with Romo as the starter. They finished the season with a 9–7 overall record but failed to win the [[NFC East]] Division after a 23–7 loss to the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] on Christmas Day in week 16,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200612250dal.htm|title=Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys - December 25th, 2006|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> followed by a loss to the last-place team in the [[NFC North]], the [[Detroit Lions]] in week 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200612310dal.htm|title=Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys - December 31st, 2006|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> They were able to clinch a playoff berth as the 5th seed in the NFC, eventually losing 21–20 against the Seahawks in Seattle on January 6, on a botched hold by [[Tony Romo]] during a field goal attempt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200701060sea.htm|title=Wild Card - Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks - January 6th, 2007|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref>
Parcells would finish his Dallas stint with a 34–30 record and no playoff wins. Parcells' greatest accomplishment as Cowboys head coach was the development of quarterback Tony Romo. He signed Romo in 2003 and helped him develop into a Pro Bowl quarterback by 2006.
===Third retirement===
Parcells would have entered the final year of his contract with the Cowboys in 2007, and had been facing questions all year as to whether he would return to the Cowboys to coach his final season. With his 0–2 playoff record over four years as coach of Dallas, many had begun to wonder if the game had simply "passed him by." Immediately following the Cowboys' loss to the [[Seattle Seahawks]], Parcells said that he was unsure if he would return in 2007, and the rumors about Parcells' future escalated.
On January 9, the ''[[Newark Star Ledger]]'' reported through anonymous sources that Parcells had contacted the [[New York Giants]] about their available general manager position, but the Giants were not interested in Parcells' services.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nj.com/giants/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/116832097233500.xml&coll=1 | title=Giants: Say no thanks to Parcells | first1=Mike | last1=Garafolo | first2=Paul | last2=Needell | work=The Star-Ledger | ___location=Newark, New Jersey | date=January 9, 2007 | access-date=May 9, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111010324/http://www.nj.com/giants/ledger/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fsports-0%2F116832097233500.xml&coll=1 | archive-date=January 11, 2007}}</ref> Parcells, the next day, quickly refuted any interest in the position, stating, "There is absolutely nothing to it. Whoever said it is a liar."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16562646/ | title=Parcells denies interest in Giants' GM job | publisher=MSNBC | date=January 10, 2007 | access-date=May 9, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124095845/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16562646/ | archive-date=January 24, 2007}}</ref>
On January 22, 2007, he announced his retirement as head coach of the Cowboys after 4 years, apparently ending his coaching career.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/DAL/9947249 | title=Parcells retiring after four seasons in Dallas | date=January 22, 2007 | work=NFL.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125094626/http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/DAL/9947249 | archive-date=January 25, 2007}}</ref>
Evidently, there are still questions as to his specific reasons for leaving the game. There were even reports that Parcells had been holding out for more money, and that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones simply did not think Parcells' performance was worth the money he was demanding for the upcoming season.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/michael_silver/06/27/ownerrankings/1.html | website=SI.com | title=Money men: 2. Jerry Jones (Stephen Jones), Cowboys | first=Mike | last=Silver | author-link=Michael Silver (sportswriter) | date=July 2, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814113832/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/michael_silver/06/27/ownerrankings/1.html | archive-date=August 14, 2007 | access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref>
After retiring from coaching, Parcells became a studio analyst for [[ESPN]]. This was his fourth stint with ESPN, having worked there before accepting the job in Dallas, where he coached both the Dallas Cowboys and a little league team for charity. It was rumored that ESPN offered him a position on ''[[Monday Night Football]]'', but Parcells declined the opportunity. (It is also worth noting that ESPN still held a contract with Parcells as a broadcaster even when he coached the Cowboys.)
===Miami Dolphins===
On December 19, 2007, the [[Miami Herald]] reported that Parcells had agreed to become the new executive vice president of football operations of the [[Miami Dolphins]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/616/story/350561.html|title=Parcells accepts top job with Dolphins – December 19, 2007 – MiamiHerald.com<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=[[Miami Herald]] }}</ref> ESPN reported the following day that he signed a four-year contract.<ref name="d193">{{cite web | last=Mortensen | first=Chris | title=Parcells signs four-year deal to head Dolphins' football operations | website=ESPN.com | date=2007-12-20 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3162909 | access-date=2024-10-22}}</ref> Just a day prior, reports linking Parcells to the [[Atlanta Falcons]]' position of vice president of football operations were leaked.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mortensen |first=Chris |date=December 19, 2007 |title=ESPN's Parcells likely to become vice president of Falcons |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3160597 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> However, the following day the Falcons formally announced that Parcells had turned down the offer because of discussions with Miami.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Parcells no longer a candidate with Falcons|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/parcells-no-longer-a-candidate-with-falcons-09000d5d8053f3e9|website=NFL.com|date=December 19, 2007|access-date=March 12, 2022}}</ref>
In the first season as executive vice president of football operations, Parcells fired head coach [[Cam Cameron]], general manager [[Randy Mueller]], along with a few assistant coaches, after a 1–15 finish in the [[2007 Miami Dolphins season|2007 season]]. With vacancies at the general manager and head coaching spots, he brought in [[Jeff Ireland]] to be the general manager and signed [[Tony Sparano]] as head coach.
The new front office under Parcells then signed over 20 little-known players in the free-agent market.
In the 2008 draft, they drafted offensive tackle [[Jake Long]] with the No. 1 overall pick, along with [[Phillip Merling]], [[Kendall Langford]], [[Chad Henne]], [[Lex Hilliard]], and [[Donald Thomas (American football)|Donald Thomas]]. They also signed undrafted free agents [[Dan Carpenter]] and [[Davone Bess]].
They also released fan favorite [[Zach Thomas]], who would end up signing with the Dallas Cowboys, and traded star defensive end [[Jason Taylor (American football)|Jason Taylor]] to the Washington Redskins for a second-round pick in the 2009 draft.
The Dolphins then went on to sign quarterback [[Chad Pennington]] (drafted by Parcells in his Jets days), who was cut by the Jets to make room for [[Brett Favre]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://vault.si.com/vault/2008/09/01/4-miami-dolphins | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201001234257/https://vault.si.com/vault/2008/09/01/4-miami-dolphins | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 1, 2020 | title = The Tuna has reeled in a starting QB and some sizable Fish up front. The verdict: bigger, and a bit better|magazine=Sports Illustrated | date = September 1, 2008 | access-date = November 22, 2021 }}</ref>
The Dolphins finished the 2008 season 11–5 and became [[AFC East]] champions when Pennington and the Dolphins defeated Favre and the Jets in the final game of the season.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28383037/ | title = Pennington finds redemption in New York | publisher = MSNBC | date = December 28, 2008 | access-date = January 20, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122225257/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28383037/ | archive-date = January 22, 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref> They finished with a 10-game improvement from the previous season, making the Dolphins one of two teams in NFL history to accomplish a 10-game turnaround, the other being the 1999 Indianapolis Colts. It was also the first time since 2001 that the Dolphins made the playoffs. However, they were routed in the first round by the Baltimore Ravens, 27–9.
Parcells left the Dolphins in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/17/bill-parcells-believes-his-departure-hurt-the-dolphins/ |title=Bill Parcells believes his departure hurt the Dolphins |last=Wilkening |first=Mike |date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=[[NBC Sports]] |access-date=February 16, 2015 }}
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===Advisory role with the Cleveland Browns===
On February 12, 2014, Parcells was reportedly interviewed by the [[Cleveland Browns]] in an executive capacity, but the two sides could not come to a deal.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/story/24708443/browns-meet-with-bill-parcells/ |title= Browns meet with Bill Parcells |date=February 12, 2014 |publisher=[[WOIO]] |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> However, on March 6, 2014, [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] executive [[Gil Brandt]] reported Parcells had met with Browns owner [[Jimmy Haslam]] as a courtesy consultant. Brandt made another tweet stating that Parcells met with [[Teddy Bridgewater]] for {{frac|4|1|2}} hours, leading many to speculate his role with the Browns was as a draft consultant for the front office on the incoming quarterback class leading into the [[2014 NFL draft]]. But when the media contacted the Browns directly, the team denied these rumors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factoryofsadness.co/2014/03/07/bill-parcells-reported-consultancy-cleveland-browns-false/ |title=Bill Parcells Reported 'Consultancy' With Cleveland Browns is False |last=Mueller |first=Jared |date=March 7, 2014 |publisher=[[FanSided]] |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203011521/https://factoryofsadness.co/2014/03/07/bill-parcells-reported-consultancy-cleveland-browns-false/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In an interview with ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'', Jimmy Haslam squashed any rumor that Parcells would be joining the front office, saying, "...Bill's not going to come work for us, okay? I know that's what everyone's angling at, but there's other people that we talk to too who are knowledgeable in football that will share that too. Somehow the Parcells information just happened to hit the radar screen." Haslam also mentioned that his and Parcells's advisory relationship began in 2013 when Parcells gave some suggestions for their head coaching search.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2014/03/cleveland_browns_owner_jimmy_h_15.html |title= Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam Q&A on long-term success, his role in the draft, Bill Parcells and more |last=Cabot |first=Mary Kay |date=March 31, 2014 |publisher=[[cleveland.com]] |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref>
Since 2014, Parcells has on occasion given advice to the Browns, such as in 2017 when Parcells gave his endorsement to hiring [[John Dorsey (American football)|John Dorsey]] as their new general manager,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factoryofsadness.co/2017/12/08/cleveland-browns-bill-parcells-endorsed-john-dorsey-ownership/ |title= Cleveland Browns: Bill Parcells endorsed John Dorsey to ownership |last=Dudukovich |first=Nick |date=December 8, 2017 |publisher=[[FanSided]] |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref> and in 2018 when he was given the same role as in 2014 by consulting the Browns front office in searching for their next franchise quarterback in the [[2018 NFL draft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://247sports.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/Article/Browns-consulting-Bill-Parcells-on-NFL-Draft-quarterbacks-115991506/ |title= Report: Browns consulting Bill Parcells on Draft's QBs |last=Edwards |first=Josh |date=March 8, 2018 |publisher=[[247 Sports]] |access-date=February 2, 2023 }}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Parcells was married to Judith Goss from 1962 until their divorce in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorta |first=William J. |date=2002-01-30 |title=PART-CELLS – WIFE CANS COACH TUNA |url=https://nypost.com/2002/01/30/part-cells-wife-cans-coach-tuna/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> The couple, who married when both were still undergraduates at Wichita State, had three daughters, Suzy, Dallas, and Jill.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunday at One - (2017) Spring 2017 - THE SHOCKER |url=https://the-shocker.wichita.edu/story.php?eid=65&id=1967 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=the-shocker.wichita.edu}}</ref> Parcells's son-in-law through his daughter Dallas is football executive [[Scott Pioli]], who won three Super Bowls as an executive with the [[New England Patriots]].
==Head coaching record==
===College===
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===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular Season !! colspan="4"|Post Season
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[1983 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1983 NFL season|1983]]
||3||12||1||.219||5th in NFC East|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1984 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1984 NFL season|1984]]
||9||7||0||.562||'''2nd in NFC East'''|| 1 || 1 || .500 || {{small|'''Lost to [[1984 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] in [[1984–85 NFL playoffs|NFC Divisional Game]]'''}}
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1985 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1985 NFL season|1985]]
||10||6||0||.625||'''2nd in NFC East'''|| 1 || 1 || .500 || {{small|'''Lost to [[1985 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] in [[1985–86 NFL playoffs|NFC Divisional Game]]'''}}
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[1986 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1986 NFL season|1986]]
||14||2||0||.875||'''1st in NFC East'''|| 3 || 0 || 1.000 || {{small|'''[[Super Bowl XXI]] Champions'''}}
|-
![[1987 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1987 NFL season|1987]]
||6||9||0||.400||5th in NFC East|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1988 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1988 NFL season|1988]]
||10||6||0||.625||2nd in NFC East|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1989 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1989 NFL season|1989]]
||12||4||0||.750||'''1st in NFC East'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || {{small|'''Lost to [[1989 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] in [[1989–90 NFL playoffs|NFC Divisional Game]]'''}}
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[1990 New York Giants season|NYG]]||[[1990 NFL season|1990]]
||13||3||0||.812||'''1st in NFC East'''|| 3 || 0 || 1.000 || {{small|'''[[Super Bowl XXV]] Champions'''}}
|-
! colspan="2"|NYG Total||77||49||1||.611||||8||3||.727||
|-
![[1993 New England Patriots season|NE]]||[[1993 NFL season|1993]]
||5||11||0||.312||4th in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1994 New England Patriots season|NE]]||[[1994 NFL season|1994]]
||10||6||0||.625||'''2nd in AFC East'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || {{small|'''Lost to [[1994 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] in [[1994–95 NFL playoffs|AFC Wild Card game]]'''}}
|-
![[1995 New England Patriots season|NE]]||[[1995 NFL season|1995]]
||6||10||0||.375||4th in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1996 New England Patriots season|NE]]||[[1996 NFL season|1996]]
||11||5||0||.687||'''1st in AFC East'''|| 2 || 1 || .667 || {{small|'''Lost to [[1996 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] in [[Super Bowl XXXI]]'''}}
|-
! colspan="2"|NE Total||32||32||0||.500||||2||2||.500||
|-
![[1997 New York Jets season|NYJ]]||[[1997 NFL season|1997]]
||9||7||0||.562||3rd in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1998 New York Jets season|NYJ]]||[[1998 NFL season|1998]]
||12||4||0||.750||'''1st in AFC East'''|| 1 || 1 || .500 || {{small|'''Lost to [[1998 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] in [[1998–99 NFL playoffs|AFC Championship Game]]'''}}
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![[1999 New York Jets season|NYJ]]||[[1999 NFL season|1999]]
||8||8||0||.500||4th in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
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! colspan="2"|NYJ Total||29||19||0||.604||||1||1||.500||
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[2003 Dallas Cowboys season|DAL]]||[[2003 NFL season|2003]]
||10||6||0||.625||'''2nd in NFC East'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || {{small|'''Lost to [[2003 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]] in [[2003–04 NFL playoffs|NFC Wild Card Game]]'''}}
|-
![[2004 Dallas Cowboys season|DAL]]||[[2004 NFL season|2004]]
||6||10||0||.375||3rd in NFC East|| – || – || – || –
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![[2005 Dallas Cowboys season|DAL]]||[[2005 NFL season|2005]]
||9||7||0||.562||3rd in NFC East|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[2006 Dallas Cowboys season|DAL]]||[[2006 NFL season|2006]]
||9||7||0||.562||'''2nd in NFC East'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || {{small|'''Lost to [[2006 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] in [[2006–07 NFL playoffs|NFC Wild Card Game]]'''}}
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! colspan="2"|DAL Total||34||30||0||.531||||0||2||.000||
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! colspan="2"|Total<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ParcBi0.htm|title=Bill Parcells Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref>||172||130||1||.569||||11||8||.578||
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==Coaching tree==
Parcells has worked under eight head coaches:
*[[Dean Pryor]]: [[Hastings Broncos football|Hastings]] (1964)
*[[George Karras]]: [[Wichita State Shockers football|Wichita State]] (1965)
*[[Tom Cahill (American football)|Tom Cahill]]: [[Army Cadets football|Army]] (1966–1969)
*[[Bill Peterson]]: [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]] (1970)
*[[Larry Jones (American football coach)|Larry Jones]]: Florida State (1971–1972)
*[[Steve Sloan]]: [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] (1973–1974), [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] (1975–1977)
*[[Ray Perkins (wide receiver)|Ray Perkins]]: [[New York Giants]] (1979, 1981–1982)
*[[Ron Erhardt]]: [[New England Patriots]] (1980)
Seventeen of Parcells' coaching assistants became head coaches in the NFL or NCAA:
*[[Al Groh]], [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest University]] (1981–1986), [[New York Jets]] (2000), [[Virginia Cavaliers football|University of Virginia]] (2001–2009)
*[[Bill Belichick]]: [[Cleveland Browns]] (1991–1995), [[New England Patriots]] (2000–2023), [[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina]] (2025–present)
*[[Ray Handley]], [[New York Giants]] (1991–1992)
*[[Tom Coughlin]], [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (1995–2002), [[New York Giants]] (2004–2015)
*[[Walt Harris (coach)|Walt Harris]]: [[Pittsburgh Panthers]] (1997–2004), [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford University]] (2005–2006)
*[[Chris Palmer (football coach)|Chris Palmer]], [[Cleveland Browns]] (1999–2000)
*[[Romeo Crennel]], [[Cleveland Browns]] (2005–2008), [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (2011, interim, 2012), [[Houston Texans]] (2020, interim)
*[[Eric Mangini]], [[New York Jets]] (2006–2008), [[Cleveland Browns]] (2009–2010)
*[[Sean Payton]]: [[New Orleans Saints]] (2006–2021), [[Denver Broncos]] (2023–present)
*[[Tony Sparano]], [[Miami Dolphins]] (2008–2011), [[Oakland Raiders]] (2014, interim)
*[[Charlie Weis]], [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|University of Notre Dame]] (2005–2009), [[University of Kansas]] (2012–2014)
*[[Todd Haley]], [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (2009–2011)
*[[Mike MacIntyre]], [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State University]] (2010–2012), [[University of Colorado]] (2013–2018), [[Florida International Panthers football|Florida International University]] (2022–present)
*[[Todd Bowles]]: Miami Dolphins (2011, interim), [[New York Jets]] (2015–2018), [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] (2022–present)
*[[Mike Zimmer]]: [[Minnesota Vikings]] (2014–2021)
*[[Anthony Lynn]]: [[Los Angeles Chargers]] (2017–2020)
*[[Freddie Kitchens]]: [[Cleveland Browns]] (2019)
Three of Parcells' former players became a head coach in the NFL or NCAA:
*[[Dan Campbell]]: Miami Dolphins (2015, interim), [[Detroit Lions]] (2021–present)
*[[Eddie George]]: [[Tennessee State Tigers football|Tennessee State]] (2021–present)
*[[Aaron Glenn]]: [[New York Jets]] (2025–present)
Ten of Parcells' coaches/executives became general managers in the NFL:
*Bill Belichick: New England Patriots (2000–2024)
*[[Charley Armey]]: [[St. Louis Rams]] (2000–2005)
*[[Jerry Angelo]]: [[Chicago Bears]] (2001–2011)
*[[Mike Tannenbaum]]: New York Jets (2006–2012)
*[[Jeff Ireland]]: Miami Dolphins (2008–2013)
*[[Scott Pioli]]: [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (2009–2012)
*[[Trent Baalke]]: [[San Francisco 49ers]] (2011–2016), [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (2020, interim, 2021–2024)
*[[Chris Grier]]: [[Miami Dolphins]] (2016–present)
*[[Brian Gaine]]: [[Houston Texans]] (2018–2019)
*[[Joe Schoen]]: [[New York Giants]] (2022–present)
==See also==
* [[History of the New York Giants (1979–1993)]]
* [[List of National Football League head coaches with 50 wins]]
==References==
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