Inducted 2002

PARKER WAS A STANDOUT MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS COACH AT SHEPHERD. PARKER IS ALSO CREDITED WITH BEING THE FOUNDER OF BOTH PROGRAMS. HE WAS A FIVE-TIME WVIAC COACH OF THE YEAR AND LED THE RAMS TO FIVE CONFERENCE TITLES (1977, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988) AND FOUR NAIA DISTRICT 28 CHAMPIONSHIPS (1977, 1979, 1985, 1988). PARKER HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY COACH IN SCHOOL HISTORY TO WIN A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE TITLE (1987) AND A MEN'S CONFERENCE TITLE (1988) IN THE SAME ACADEMIC YEAR. HE EARNED CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES PROFESSIONAL TENNIS REGISTRY (USPTR) AS A TENNIS TEACHING PROFESSIONAL IN 1988. PARKER COACHED OVER 50 INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS. HE SERVED AS HEAD OF THE SAFETY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT SHEPHERD AND ALSO HAD STINTS AS THE HEAD COACH A FOR THE RAM FOOTBALL, TRACK & FIELD, AND CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAMS.