The Big Tuna

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American football coach Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee human nickname

The Big Tuna is the famous nickname of Bill Parcells, a Hall of Fame NFL head coach known for turning struggling teams into contenders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football coach ⓘ
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
human ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
birthPlace Englewood, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Englewood, New Jersey
championshipWonAsHeadCoach Super Bowl XXI ⓘ
Super Bowl XXV ⓘ
coachedTeam Dallas Cowboys ⓘ
New England Patriots ⓘ
New York Giants ⓘ
New York Jets ⓘ
coachingStyle defense-first approach ⓘ
emphasis on discipline and accountability ⓘ
collegeAttended Wichita State University ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-08-22 ⓘ
fullName Bill Parcells ⓘ
surface form: Duane Charles Parcells
gender male ⓘ
hallOfFame Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2013 ⓘ
influenced Bill Belichick ⓘ
Sean Payton ⓘ
Tom Coughlin ⓘ
knownFor defensive-minded coaching ⓘ
strong motivational leadership ⓘ
turning struggling NFL teams into contenders ⓘ
leagueCoachedIn National Football League ⓘ
nickname The Big Tuna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableAchievement led multiple franchises to the playoffs ⓘ
turned losing teams into playoff contenders ⓘ
notableAssistantCoaches Bill Belichick ⓘ
occupation NFL head coach ⓘ
football executive ⓘ
positionPlayed linebacker ⓘ
refersTo Bill Parcells ⓘ
retiredFromCoaching yes ⓘ
role general manager ⓘ
head coach ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ

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Duane → alsoKnownAs → The Big Tuna ⓘ
subject surface form: Duane Charles Parcells
Bill Parcells → nickname → The Big Tuna ⓘ
The Big Tuna → nickname → The Big Tuna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Parcells