| With a career record of 172-130-1 and two Super | | | | Following Super Bowl XXV, Parcells retired and took a |
| Bowl victories, Bill Parcells will go down as one of the | | | | job as a studio analyst for NFL games with NBC. In |
| better head coaches in modern time. Famous for his | | | | 1992, Parcells agreed to become head coach of the |
| gruff demeanor and no nonsense approach, Parcells | | | | Tampa Bay Buccaneers but then changed his mind |
| was routinely either loved or hated by his players. | | | | and backed out of the verbal commitment. He would |
| Bill Parcells finished his football playing days as a | | | | be lured to the sidelines again in 1993 when he |
| linebacker for Wichita State University back when it | | | | became head coach of the New England Patriots |
| was known as the University of Wichita. He then | | | | who had fallen on tough times as a franchise. Four |
| immediately proceeded to the coaching ranks. Parcells | | | | seasons later Parcells had the Patriots in the Super |
| had a long career as a college assistant, having spent | | | | Bowl where they lost to the Green Bay Packers. Due |
| time at: Hastings, Wichita State, Army, Florida State, | | | | to differences with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, |
| Vanderbilt, and Texas Tech before becoming the | | | | Parcells would leave the Patriots following that year. |
| head coach at Air Force. | | | | Without taking a year off, and after a compensation |
| Ray Perkins was the head coach of the New York | | | | deal was worked out by Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, |
| Giants in 1979 when they hired Bill to be the defensive | | | | Parcells became the coach of the New York Jets in |
| coordinator. This lasted exactly one year before he | | | | 1997. The woeful Jets had an immediate turnaround |
| left to become the Patriots linebackers coach, this | | | | and in his second year with the team they made it all |
| position also lasted one year and in 1981 Bill returned to | | | | the way to the AFC Championship Game before |
| the Giants as the defensive coordinator and | | | | losing to the eventual Super Bowl champions the |
| linebackers coach. Head coach Perkins announced in | | | | Denver Broncos. Following an injury marred 1999 |
| 1982 that he was leaving the Giants to become the | | | | season, Parcells retired from coaching but would stay |
| coach at the University of Alabama and the Giants | | | | on one more year as General Manager of the Jets. |
| announced that Parcells would succeed him. | | | | After spending four years analyzing football from a |
| Parcells start with the Giants was rocky at best when | | | | network studio position, Jerry Jones lured Parcells out |
| they went 3-12-1 in his first season after controversially | | | | of retirement to coach the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas had |
| benching quarterback Phil Simms in favor of backup | | | | suffered through three consecutive 5-11 seasons and |
| Scott Brunner. The following season Parcells returned | | | | in their first season with Bill Parcells at the helm the |
| Simms to the starting quarterback position and the | | | | team went 10-6, making the playoffs before losing to |
| Giants improved dramatically. In 1986, his fourth as | | | | the eventual NFC Champions Carolina Panthers. In his |
| head coach of the Giants, Bill Parcells led the team to | | | | four seasons with the Cowboys, the team would |
| a franchise best record of 14-2 and a victory in Super | | | | make the playoffs twice. Parcells was responsible for |
| Bowl XXI over the Denver Broncos. The Giants would | | | | drafting and signing some of the young talent that |
| go on to win another Super Bowl following the 1990 | | | | would go on to excel after he left the team following |
| season when they defeated the Buffalo Bills while | | | | the 2006 season. |
| utilizing a backup quarterback (Jeff Hostetler) and a | | | | After leaving the Cowboys, Parcells returned for a |
| 33-year-old veteran running back who had been | | | | fourth stint with ESPN before accepting a position as |
| rumored to have been long past his prime (Ottis | | | | Executive Vice-President of Football Operations with |
| Anderson). | | | | the Miami Dolphins during the 2007 season. |