Bill Parcells Profile

Bill Parcells (Real name- Duane Charles Parcells), nickname- The Big Tuna is a former American football coach who was born on August 22, 1941, in Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. He is most popular as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons.

Parcells led the New York Giants, as their head coach, to two Super Bowl titles. Later, he served as the head coach of the New England Patriots, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys. Parcells coached teams that were in a period of decline and turned them into postseason contenders throughout his career. In the history of the NFL, Parcells is the only coach who has led four teams to the playoffs and three teams to a conference championship game. Parcells currently serves as an NFL analyst for ESPN since his final retirement from coaching, 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. Parcells was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

Bill Parcells Family

Parcells was born on August 22, 1941, in Englewood, New Jersey. Bill Parcells is of Irish, Scottish, English, and Italian descent and grew up in the nearby town of Hasbrouck Heights. His father, Charles (Chubby) Parcells, played quarterback at Georgetown University and worked for the FBI before becoming a lawyer for Uniroyal Tires, and his mother, Ida Parcells (née Naclerio), was a housewife. The Parcells family moved a few miles north to the town of Oradell, prior to his sophomore year in high school, where he attended River Dell Regional High School.

Bill Parcells Wife | Children

Bill Parcells was married for 40 years to Judith Goss. The couple got married on March 3, 1962, but called off their relationship and got divorced in 2002. The divorce was finalized in January 2002. The couple split in a mutual decision. They quietly agreed to an undisclosed property settlement in early December 2001. Parcells and his wife have three children,  all daughters named Suzanne, Dallas Pioli, and Jill.

Bill Parcells Age

Born on August 22, 1941, in Englewood, New Jersey, U.S., Parcells is 80 years old as of 2021. He celebrates his birthday on the 22nd of every year.

Bill Parcells Height

Parcells stands at an approximate height of 6 feet 2 inches.

Quick Facts About Parcells

Bill Parcells Career

Bill Parcells Giants

Parcells 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 when he became the head coach of the Giants in 1983. Within four seasons, Parcells guided them to their first Super Bowl win and brought new success to the team in four years. His tenure with the Giants concluded with a second championship victory in Super Bowl XXV in his eighth season. Parcells retired as a coach in 1991 after the Super Bowl win.

Bill Parcells Patriots

Parcells came out of retirement in 1993, to become the head coach of another struggling franchise at the time, the Patriots. Parcells led the Patriots to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXI during his fourth season as their coach and even though the game ended in defeat for the Patriots, he had changed the fortunes of the team once again. He left the franchise after their Super Bowl loss amid conflicts with Patriots owner Robert Kraft and became the head coach of the Jets for the next season.

Bill Parcells Jets

Parcells became head coach of the New York Jets after leaving the Patriots. While there, the Jets went from having only one victory in the previous season to obtaining a winning record under Parcells, and they reached the 1998 AFC Championship Game in his second year with the team.

Bill Parcells Dallas Cowboys

Parcells retired for the second time in 1999 after three seasons as the Jet’s head coach but came back to football in 2003 when he was hired by Jerry Jones to become the head coach of the Cowboys. For four seasons he coached the Cowboys and helped them qualify for the playoffs twice, although the team was eliminated in the first round each time. Parcells retired from coaching for good in 2007 following the team’s loss in a 2006 NFC Wild Card game.

Bill Parcells A Football Life |Book

Parcells: A Football Life is Parcells’ life story co-authored by Bill Parcells and writer Nunyo Demasio, a former Washington Post reporter. The collaboration soon became a New York Times bestseller after its release by Penguin Random House in late 2014.

Bill Parcells Documentary | Bill Belichick

Two Bills is a documentary directed by Ken Rodgers and produced by NFL Films. It traces the four-decade relationship between Bill Belichick and Parcells, the two coaching masters. The two first met when Belichick was a teenager and his father was coaching for the Navy while Parcells was coaching in Army. They became assistants with the New York Giants on the same day in 1979, and after Parcells took over as head coach, they won two Super Bowls together. Belichick would go on to win five Super Bowls of his own with the Patriots buttressed by what he learned from Parcells. Through all the ups and downs of their careers, including some memorable games when they were on opposite sides of the field, they forged a bond that few men of their stature have ever experienced. It is Two Bills, but one epic story.

Bill Parcells Coaching Tree

Former Parcells assistants who are currently head coaches in either the NFL or the college ranks as of 2018 include:

• Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
• Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints
• Mike Zimmer, Minnesota Vikings
• Anthony Lynn, Los Angeles Chargers
• Freddie Kitchens, Cleveland Browns

Bill Parcells Net Worth

Parcells’ current salary as an NFL analyst for ESPN is reported to be around $100,000. He might have earned a huge net worth during his coaching career. During his 19 years in NFL, he reportedly earned around $40 million ins salary. He signed a four-year, $16 million contract with the Dolphins in 2007, which reportedly paid him $4 million as an annual salary as an Executive vice president of football operations. Parcells is estimated to have a net worth of $25 million.

Bill Parcells Quotes

• The time to worry is before you place the bet – not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.
• If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
• The time to worry is before you place the bet – not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.
• If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
• A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart.
• Confidence is only born out of one thing ­ demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
• You can easily separate ‘team guys’ from ‘me guys’ by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning.
• I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
• I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.

Bill Parcells Awards and Honors

• 2× Super Bowl champion
• 2×AP NFL Coach of Year
• Sporting News NFL Coach of Year
• Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of Year (1994)
• UPI NFL Coach of Year (1986, 1994)