In the intervening years, Parcells was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the only coach in NFL history to ever lead four different teams to the playoffs and three different teams to a conference championship game. He is also a member of the Patriots 1990s All-Decade Team.

Decades after an admittedly sour working relationship and subsequent breakup, two pillars of the New England Patriots are coming together out of respect for team history, with Patriots owner Robert Kraft announcing Tuesday the future induction of former coach Bill Parcells into the team's Hall of Fame.