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Shortly after arriving there, Parcells met Judy Goss, a secretary in the school's sports information office. The two were married, and their first of three daughters, Suzy, was born before Bill graduated in 1964.

His family resisted moving, however, and Parcells soon quit the Giants and came back to Colorado to begin a real estate career. Sensing his unhappiness, his wife urged him to return to football, and in 1980 he became the linebackers coach for the New England Patriots.

Few people in football have a better perspective on both the Patriots and Bill Belichick than Bill Parcells. The 82-year-old retired coach employed Belichick as a defensive assistant with multiple teams during his Hall of Fame career, including in New England during the 1996 run to Super Bowl XXXI.

The origin of the 'Big Tuna'

"They were trying to get me to sign up for a free turkey that doesn't exist," Parcells said during a 2013 interview on "The Dan Patrick Show." "[I said] what do you think I am, Charlie the Tuna? And that goes back to that StarKist commercial where Charlie was kind of a sucker. …

At 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) upon entering River Dell, he was large for his age, which enabled him to become a standout player on his high school's football, baseball, and basketball teams. His football coach at River Dell was Tom Cahill, who would later become the head coach at Army.

Belichick also is serving as a strategic adviser for the 33rd Team, a media and technology company involved in analyzing football, and is appearing once a week on "The Pat McAfee Show."

The San Francisco Giants fired manager Gabe Kapler on Friday after a late-season collapse that dropped the team out of playoff contention and prompted questions about the franchise's direction going forward. The firing was made with three games remaining in the season and the Giants sporting a 78-81 record.

The New York Giants of the National Football League were named after the team and were founded as the New York Football Giants to distinguish the two clubs of the same name, where it would remain as its corporate name to this day.

According to Beckham Jr., the Giants saw Cleveland as a football Siberia of sorts, where his career would become irrelevant. "There's semi a bit of me that feel like the Giants sent me off, I've said it before, sent me off to Cleveland to die," he said.

Kraft admitted in the series that he had tough moments with Belichick, especially toward the end of Tom Brady's tenure with the team as the quarterback's relationship with the head coach deteriorated. "To be honest, my head coach is a pain in the tush," Kraft said in the docuseries.

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Who has won the most Super Bowls? Bill Belichick has won the most Super Bowls as a head coach with 6.

Nick Saban, right, served as defensive coordinator under head coach Bill Belichick, behind him to his right, on the Cleveland Browns from 1991 to 1994.

ESPN Classic - Parcells won two Super Bowls with Giants. Jan. 25, 1987 - Bill Parcells took a gamble with his Giants leading the Denver Broncos 10-9 in the third quarter of Super Bowl XXI in Pasadena.

But today, less than 24 hours after he concluded his third season with the Jets, the 58-year-old Parcells said he could not put forth the 365-days-a-year effort it took to coach in the National Football League, and stepped down as the head coach of the Jets.

Debby Clarke Belichick

Bill Belichick / Wife (m. 1977–2006)

On Saturday, June 26, 2021, Brian married Catherine "Callie" D. McLaughlin on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts at St.

Hall of Fame Head Coach

In addition to coaching the Giants and the Patriots, Parcells also served as Head Coach of the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys before moving into an executive role with the Jets and Miami Dolphins.

NFL coaches Bill Belichick%2C Tom Coughlin and Sean Payton were assistants to Bill Parcells. Parcells stays close to his Super Bowl-winning ex-assistants and sees them as Hall of Famers too. Parcells was particularly helpful to Payton during his year-long suspension after Bountygate.

Coaching the New York Jets from 1997 to '99 led to his family tree intersecting with the coaching tree. Parcells' hiring by the Jets came with the dual role as general manager. His director of pro personnel was Scott Pioli, who married Parcells' daughter Dallas in June 1999.