
Bill Parcells
Bill Parcells went 3–8 as a head coach, 1978, at Air Force. Share
- Record
- 3–8 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1978 3–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Air Force | 3–8 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| At home | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| On the road | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
His own 11 games on file, 1978, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Collegeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Kent Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| UTEPseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Holy Crossseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: Bill Parcells’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Hastings | Linebackers coach | |
| 1965 | Wichita State | Linebackers coach | |
| 1966–67 | Army | Linebackers coach | |
| 1968–69 | Army | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1970–72 | Florida State | Linebackers coach | |
| 1973–74 | Vanderbilt | Linebackers coach | |
| 1975–77 | Texas Tech | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 1978 | Air Force | Head coach | |
| 1979 | New York Giants NFL | Defensive coordinator and resigned in the offseason after six weeks | |
| 1980 | New England Patriots NFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 1981–82 | New York Giants NFL | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 1983–90 | New York Giants NFL | Head coach | |
| 1993–96 | New England Patriots NFL | Head coach | |
| 1997–99 | New York Jets NFL | Head coach | |
| 2003–06 | Dallas Cowboys NFL | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Thomas CahillArmy
- Bill PetersonFlorida State
- Larry JonesFlorida State
- Steve SloanVanderbilt, Texas Tech
- Ray PerkinsNew York Giants
Assistants who became head coaches
- Al GrohWake Forest, Virginia, New York Jets
- Dennis FryzelTampa
- Ken HatfieldAir Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice
- Walt HarrisPacific, Pittsburgh, Stanford
- Bill BelichickNorth Carolina, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots
- Tom CoughlinBoston College, RIT, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants
- Charlie WeisNotre Dame, Kansas
- Ray PerkinsAlabama, Arkansas State, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jones County
- Dan HenningBoston College, Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers
- David LeeUTEP
- Gary GibbsOklahoma
- Mike MacIntyreSan José State, Colorado, Florida International
- and 3 more
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Cahill | Army | 1966–69 | 1966–67: linebackers coach; 1968–69: defensive coordinator | |
| Bill Peterson | Florida State | 1970 | Linebackers coach | |
| Larry Jones | Florida State | 1971–72 | Linebackers coach | |
| Steve Sloan | Vanderbilt | 1973–74 | Linebackers coach | |
| Steve Sloan | Texas Tech | 1975–77 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Ray Perkins | New York Giants NFL | 1979–82 | 1979: defensive coordinator and resigned in the offseason after six weeks; 1981–82: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (15)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Groh | Air Force, 1978: defensive coordinator; New York Giants, 1989–90: linebackers coach; New England Patriots, 1993–96: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; New York Jets, 1997–99: linebackers coach | Wake Forest, Virginia, New York Jets | |
| Dennis Fryzel | Air Force, 1978: defensive coordinator | Tampa | |
| Ken Hatfield | Air Force, 1978: offensive coordinator | Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice | |
| Walt Harris | Air Force, 1978: defensive backs coach | Pacific, Pittsburgh, Stanford | |
| Bill Belichick | New York Giants, 1983–84: special teams and linebackers coach; 1985–90: defensive coordinator; New England Patriots, 1996: assistant head coach and defensive backs coach; New York Jets, 1997–99: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | North Carolina, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots | |
| Tom Coughlin | New York Giants, 1988–90: wide receivers coach | Boston College, RIT, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants | |
| Charlie Weis | New York Giants, 1990: assistant coach; New England Patriots, 1993–94: tight ends coach; 1995: running backs coach; 1996: wide receivers coach; New York Jets, 1997–99: offensive coordinator | Notre Dame, Kansas | |
| Ray Perkins | New England Patriots, 1993–96: offensive coordinator | Alabama, Arkansas State, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jones County | |
| Dan Henning | New York Jets, 1998–99: quarterbacks coach | Boston College, Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers | |
| David Lee | Dallas Cowboys, 2003–04: offensive quality control coach; 2005–06: quarterbacks coach | UTEP | |
| Gary Gibbs | Dallas Cowboys, 2003–05: linebackers coach | Oklahoma | |
| Mike MacIntyre | Dallas Cowboys, 2003–06: defensive backs coach | San José State, Colorado, Florida International | |
| Paul Pasqualoni | Dallas Cowboys, 2005: tight ends coach; 2006: linebackers coach | Syracuse, UConn, Western Connecticut | |
| Freddie Kitchens | Dallas Cowboys, 2006: tight ends coach | North Carolina, Cleveland Browns | |
| Vincent Brown | Dallas Cowboys, 2006: inside linebackers coach | North Carolina A&T |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Trott | Air Force, 1978: assistant coach; New England Patriots, 1993–95: defensive backs coach | |
| John McNulty | Dallas Cowboys, 2003: wide receivers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Films and books
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA). Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.