CANTON, Ohio -- Bill Parcells is being dropped from this year's Pro Football Hall of Fame ballot after becoming the Dallas Cowboys' coach on Thursday.

Parcells qualified for the final ballot of 15 candidates because he was in the top seven in last year's voting, although he didn't get enough support to be elected. Hall of Fame spokesman Joe Horrigan said Thursday that Parcells disqualified himself by taking the Dallas job.

To be elected to the Hall of Fame, a coach must be out of football for good. Parcells was a finalist in 2001 and 2002.

Last year he thought some voters bypassed him because they believed he was going to return to coaching.

The final vote will be in San Diego on Jan. 25, the day before the Super Bowl.

Parcells won two Super Bowls as the coach of the New York Giants and led the New England Patriots to one NFL title game.