PARCELLLS: A BIOGRPAHY

Brash, outspoken, and a master of pushing psychological buttons with his players,
organizational personnel and the press, Bill Parcells is a magnet for attention. He is known for his all-consuming demand for perfection and insistence on a single-minded focus from his coaches and players. In the history of the NFL, no coach has turned around more franchises than Parcells.

In Parcells: A Biography, the exhaustive research of sports biographer Carlo
DeVito sheds new light on a football coaching legend, exposing the two-time Super
Bowl winning coach’s moxie and lifelong dedication to football. DeVito goes
in-depth and follows Parcells beginning with his 15-year collegiate coaching career,
which is where he met many of the men who later filled out his coaching staffs.
Prior to his NFL career, Parcells did stints at Wichita State, Army, Florida State,
Vanderbilt, Texas Tech and the Air Force Academy.

DeVito sheds light on Parcell’s greatest moment and accomplishments, including:

• New insights on some of his most famous relationships with the sport's
biggest names
• His complicated and often volatile interactions with his players
• How Parcells made the transition from player to coach in his younger years
• His Super Bowl triumphs in 1986 and 1990 with the New York Giants
• Manning the helm with the Jets and Patriots and turning both
franchises around
• The frustration of not winning a playoff game in Dallas in four years.
• Coaching stars such as Lawrence Taylor, Tony Romo, Drew Bledsoe
and Vinny Testaverde

DeVito leaves no stone unturned in this enlightening and comprehensive
biography, revealing stories from both on and off the field that have never
before been told. Parcells: A Biography digs deep into Parcells' past and
presents an entertaining and unforgettable look at a two-time Super Bowl
champion coach whose motto is: "You are what your record says you are."

About the author:
Carlo DeVito is a writer and publishing executive. He is the author of
Wellington: The Maras, the Giants, and the City of New York; Yogi: The Life and
Times of an American Original; as well as biographies on Phil Rizzuto and D.
Wayne Lukas. He and his wife, Dominique, and their two sons live on their
farm, the Hudson-Chatham Winery, in Ghent, New York.