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COACHING STAFF
Head Coach,
Bill Parcells
Pro Career:  Bill Parcells was named head coach on January 2, 2003. Parcells has accumulat¬ed a 159-113-1 record, including two Super Bowl victories OXI and XXV with the Giants and another Super Bowl appearance OXI with New England in 16 seasons as an NFL head coach. His 159 career victories make him the second winning active coach in the NFL, trail¬ing only Marty Schottenheimer 170. Parcells has guided his teams to 11 win¬ning seasons, nine playoff berths, and posted an 11-7 postseason record. Parcells-led teams have finished in either first or second place in their division ten times. With the Cowboys' postseason appearance in 2003, Parcells became the first coach in NFL history to lead four dif¬ferent teams to the playoffs. He is one of only four coaches Don Shula, Reeves, and Dick Vermeil in NFL history to have led two separate teams to the Super Bowl. Parcells, Denver's Mike Shanahan, Washington's Joe Gibbs, and New England's Bill Belichick are the only active coaches to have claimed two Super Bowl titles, and he is one of just eight active coaches to have ever won a Super Bowl title. In his first season at the helm in Dallas, Parcells took a team that had post¬ed three consecutive 5-11 seasons and posted a 10-6 mark in the regular season, as well as an NFC Wild Card playoff berth. Under his direction, the N.Y. Jets from 1997-99-who won a combined four games the two seasons prior to his arrival-improved to 9-7 his first season and 12-4 with a trip to the AFC Championship Game his second season. This success marked the first time in NFL history that a team had won one game and within two years was playing for a conference champi¬onship. He took over the New England Patriots from 1993-96 following a 2-14 sea-son by the Patriots. Within two years, Parcells coached the team to a 10-6 mark and its first playoff game in eight years. In his fourth year, the Patriots went 11-5 and advanced to Super Bowl) 00(1 against Green Bay. Parcells began his NFL head coaching career with the N.Y. Giants (1983-1990), who had posted one win¬ning season in its previous 10 years. After an original operation of 3-12-1, he improved the club's victory total to 9, 10, 14, 10, 12, and 13 between 1984 and 1990. In the process, the Giants were able to win two Super Bowl titles-Super Bowl) 0(1 over Denver and Super Bowl XXV over Buffalo. During his time at the Giants helm, the club won two Super Bowls, three division titles, and had only one los¬ing season. For his accomplishment, Parcells was honored with NFL Coach of the Year honors in both 1986 and 1989. Career record: 159-113-1.

Background: Played linebacker at Wichita State 1961-63. Served as college coach at: Hastings (Neb.) 1964, Wichita State 1965, Army 1966-69, Florida State 1970-72, Vanderbilt 1973-74, Texas Tech 1975-77, and was head coach at Air Force in 1978.

Personal: Born August 22, 1941, in Englewood, N.J. Parcells resides in Irving, Texas. He has three daughters-Suzy, Jill, and Dallas.