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10 unusual facts about Bill Parcells


Andre Gurode

In 2003, Bill Parcells was hired as the Cowboys head coach and decided that Gurode's best position was at guard, starting 15 games at that position in 2003 and 13 games in 2004 with mixed results, before getting benched for the final two games.

Bill Peterson

Bill Parcells (New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys)

He is also known as the "Coach of Coaches", having tutored such coaches as Joe Gibbs, Bill Parcells, Bobby Bowden, Don James, Dan Henning, Ken Meyer and many others.

Kacy Rodgers

Rodgers had previously worked with Sparano in Dallas the previous five seasons while also serving under current Dolphins Vice President Bill Parcells during his tenure as Cowboys head coach from 2003 to 2006.

Keith Davis

While he did nothing to provoke the incident, and was regarded as an unwitting victim, head coach Bill Parcells believed Davis should not have placed himself in a questionable situation and released him from the team.

Logos and uniforms of the New York Jets

Administrator and head coach Bill Parcells took the initiative in 1998 and began to the process of redesigning the team's uniforms.

Mike Zimmer

Despite the Cowboys' problems over the years, Zimmer survived several coaching changes (Switzer, Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells) and was rumored to have been a candidate for the head coaching job at the University of Nebraska (circa 2003).

Parcell

Bill Parcells, Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins

Play calling system

A third coach who followed Perkins and Erhardt from the Patriots to the Giants was defensive assistant Bill Parcells.

Sea Girt, New Jersey

Bill Parcells (born 1941), former NFL coach of the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys.


1980 New England Patriots season

Bill Parcells, then the linebackers coach with the team, has stated that the players on this Patriots team gave him his famous "Tuna" nickname when he asked, "What do you think I am, Charlie the Tuna?"

James Orthwein

During his ownership Orthwein hired Bill Parcells as head coach and oversaw the drafting of first-overall draft pick quarterback Drew Bledsoe, who helped to return the moribund franchise to respectability.

Jeff Coplon

These include works with Cher and Bill Parcells, along with three New York Times best-sellers: Return with Honor (with Captain Scott O'Grady, 1995); My Story (with Sarah, Duchess of York, 1996); and My Father's Daughter (with Tina Sinatra, 2000).