  Our extraction of the pion-nucleon coupling constant from \pi p elastic
scattering data is outlined. A partial wave analysis (T_{\pi} < 2100 MeV) is
performed simultaneously with a fixed-t dispersion relation analysis (T_{\pi} <
800 MeV). The \pi NN coupling constant g^2/4\pi is searched to find the best
fit. The result 13.73 \pm 0.01 \pm 0.07 (first error statistical, second
systematic) is found to be insensitive to database changes and Coulomb barrier
corrections. This value satisfies important elements of low energy QCD like the
Goldberger-Treiman discrepancy, the Dashen-Weinstein sum rule, and chiral
perturbation theory predictions of threshold pion photoproduction.
