Friends. Teacher-pupil. Competitors. Mentor-mentee. Frenemies.
Over the past forty years, Bill Belichick and Bill Parcells have shared a number of experiences — and periods of silence — while at three different organizations: the New York Giants, the New England Patriots, and the New York Jets. But however onlookers may want to classify their seemingly up-and-down relationship, the two coaching legends vouch there are mutual feelings of love and respect.
“I look back at those years with Bill as some of the best years of my life — some of the best years of my career,” Belichick told ESPN.