Giants legend Bill Parcells raves about new GM Joe Schoen, whom he once hired with Dolphins: ‘He’s a serious personnel man’

New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman and owner John Mara during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants Dave Gettleman gets a kiss from his wife, Joanne, as his family joins the embattled general manager during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants Dave Gettleman during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman (center) with his family during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants assistant general manager Kevin Abrams on the Giants bench late in the fourth quarter as they lose to Washington Football Team, 22-7, on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants owner John Mara walks on the sideline during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants owner John Mara (left) and general manager Dave Gettleman during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

Injured New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) and head coach Joe Judge during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman and his wife, Joanne, are embraced by friends and team personnel during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

Former New York Giants linebacker Carl Banks on the sideline during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

Injured New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) and head coach Joe Judge during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants assistant general manager Kevin Abrams on the Giants bench late in the fourth quarter as they lose to Washington Football Team, 22-7, on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants Dave Gettleman with his wife, Joanne, as his family joins the embattled general manager during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants owner John Mara during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman leaves the field after pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman has a laugh with Giants security man Mike Murphy during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

Injured New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) watches his team during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants Dave Gettleman gets a kiss from his wife, Joanne, as his family joins the embattled general manager during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants Dave Gettleman during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants head coach Joe Judge and wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants VP of Communications Pat Hanlon (left) and general manager Dave Gettleman (right) during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera greets New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman and his family during pregame warmups on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants VP of Communications Pat Hanlon (l to r) Giants general manager Dave Gettleman and owner John Mara during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman (center) with his family during pregame warmups as the Giants prepare to host the Washington Football Team on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 in East Rutherford, N.J.

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Bill Parcells doesn’t want to forecast anything.

After all, he still doesn’t know who the Giantsnew general manager, Joe Schoen, will hire as his first head coach. So there’s no telling whether the Giants will be any better in 2022.

But Parcells is sure of one thing, at least: He is a big fan of Schoen.

“I like Joe Schoen very much, having worked with him,” Parcells, 80, told NJ Advance Media on Friday, shortly after the Giants announced Schoen’s hiring. “He’s a serious personnel man and a very good evaluator. He’s serious about his job.”

Parcells hired Schoen with the Dolphins in 2008, after Schoen worked his way up in the Panthers’ scouting department under Brandon Beane from 2001-07. Parcells gave Schoen a bigger role in Miami — national scout — and Schoen progressed to assistant director of college scouting by 2013. Schoen was Miami’s director of player personnel from 2014-17.

At the time, in 2008, Parcells was running the Dolphins’ football operations — a role he would leave during the 2010 season. It was his last full-time NFL job, capping a Hall-of-Fame career highlighted by his two Super Bowl victories as Giants head coach.

So he didn’t work for Schoen for that long, but he remembers him fondly. Parcells didn’t know Schoen before hiring him, but it’s not like Parcells went into the interview blind.

“I had good information about him from a very close friend of mine,” Parcells said.

That would be Dan Henning, the Panthers’ offensive coordinator from 2002-06. He had worked on Parcells’ Jets staff in the late 1990s. And he would be the Dolphins’ offensive coordinator from 2008-10 — his final NFL job.

Henning liked what he saw from Schoen in Carolina, where Schoen began his career as a ticket office intern in 2000. And Parcells liked what he saw in that interview, as he gave Schoen a more prominent job with the Dolphins that would help spark his career’s growth.

In 2017, when Beane became Buffalo’s GM, Schoen left Miami. He reunited with his longtime friend and mentor — and became Beane’s right-hand man. Schoen was Beane’s assistant GM before the Giants hired him to replace Dave Gettleman.

Now, Parcells gets to sit back and watch Schoen — who is still just 42 years old — try to rebuild his former team.

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Darryl Slater may be reached at dslater@njadvancemedia.com.

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