Bill Parcells

Bill Parcells

Parcells in 1978 with Air Force mascot "Mach 1".
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1941-08-22) August 22, 1941 (age 75)
Place of birth:	Englewood, New Jersey
Career information
High school:	Oradell (NJ) River Dell Regional
College:	Wichita State
NFL Draft:	1964 / Round: 7 / Pick: 89
Career history
As coach:
Hastings (1964) (Linebackers Coach) Wichita State (1965) (Linebackers Coach) Army (1966–1969) (1966–1967) (Linebackers Coach) Army (1966–1969) (1968–1969) (Defensive Coordinator) Florida State (1970–1972) (Linebackers Coach) Vanderbilt (1973–1974) (Linebackers Coach) Texas Tech (1975–1977) (Linebackers Coach) Air Force Academy (1978) (Head Coach) New York Giants (1979) (Defensive Coordinator) New England Patriots (1980) (Linebackers Coach) New York Giants (1981–1982) (Def. Coordinator/LB Coach) New York Giants (1983–1990) (Head Coach) New England Patriots (1993–1996) (Head Coach) New York Jets (1997–1999) (Head Coach) Dallas Cowboys (2003–2006) (Head Coach)
As executive:
New York Jets (1997–2000) General manager Miami Dolphins (2008–2010) Executive vice president of football operations Cleveland Browns (2014–present) Courtesy consultant
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXV) AP NFL Coach of Year (1986, 1994) Sporting News NFL Coach of Year (1986) Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of Year (1994, 1996) Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of Year (1994) UPI NFL Coach of Year (1986, 1994) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
Head coaching record
Regular season:	172–130–1 (.569)
Postseason:	11–8 (.579)
Career:	183–138–1 (.570)
Coaching stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells (born August 22, 1941), also known as The Big Tuna, is a former American football coach, best known as 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, whom he led to two Super Bowl titles. Parcells later served as the head coach of the 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 different teams to the playoffs and three different teams to a conference championship game.

Becoming the head coach of the Giants in 1983, Parcells took over a franchise that had failed to qualify for the postseason 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, 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.