Stan Parrish
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Stan Parrish is an American football
coach and former player. Most recently, he was the head coach at Ball State University
from 2009 to 2010. Parrish was previously head coach at Wabash College
, Marshall University
and Kansas State University
. He has been an offensive coordinator
at Ball State and the University of Michigan
. Parrish is currently the quarterbacks coach
at Siena Heights University
.
. He attended Valley Forge High School
in Parma Heights, Ohio
, and graduated in 1964. Parrish then attended Heidelberg College
, where he played football as a defensive back
from 1965 to 1968. He graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree.
in Windham, Ohio
in 1969. He coached the Bombers first as an assistant, then as head coach. In 1975, Parrish joined the staff at Purdue University
as a graduate assistant.
from 1979 to 1982, where he coached future NFL player Pete Metzelaars
. Parrish was the 29th head coach for the Little Giants in, and he held that position for five seasons, from 1978 until 1982. As of the 2007 season, Parrish's record at Wabash is ranked second in winning percentage (.924). While at Wabash, Parrish also coached the tennis team. Parrish is enshrined in the Wabash College Athletic Hall of Fame.
. In two years at Marshall, Parrish helped establish a lasting winning tradition for the school. In 1984, Parrish led Marshall to a 6–5 record, Marshall's first winning season in twenty years and the first since the team's 1970 air disaster. The following year, the Thundering Herd went undefeated at home and earned a #3 NCAA Division I-AA national ranking early in the season before fading to a 7–3–1 record. Partly as a result of the back-to-back winning seasons, plans for a new stadium at Marshall were in place before the next season began. Parrish left Marshall following the 1985 season to take the head coaching job at Kansas State University
.
.
from 1990 to 1995. For the following six years, he coached at the University of Michigan
, where he served as offensive coordinator
in 2000 and 2001. As the quarterbacks coach, he worked with Brian Griese
, Tom Brady
, and Drew Henson
. Parrish helped the 1997 Wolverines
to victory in the Rose Bowl
and the school's 11th national championship. Parrish spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons as the quarterbacks coach of the NFL
's Tampa Bay Buccaneers
. In 2002, he tutored starting quarterback Brad Johnson
, who led Tampa Bay to a 12–4 regular-season record and the first Super Bowl
title in the franchise's history.
as quarterback coach at Ball State following a one-year hiatus after leaving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The following season, he was promoted to offensive coordinator, while retaining his quarterback coaching duties. In the 2008 season, Ball State had a historically successful campaign, winning their first 12 games before falling to Buffalo
in the MAC
championship game. Hoke used this success as a springboard to securing the head coaching job at San Diego State
, resigning prior to the team's appearance in the GMAC Bowl
. Rather than follow Hoke to San Diego State, Parrish accepted the position as his successor at Ball State. This was Parrish's first head coaching position in 20 years. At Ball State, Parrish has compiled a 4–16 record, including two losses to FCS schools, a loss to a team who had an 18-game losing streak, and a return to the ESPN Bottom 10. He was fired after the 2010 season
.
In April 2011, Parrish was appointed as the quarterbacks coach
at Siena Heights University
prior to the inaugural season of the school's new football program under head coach Jim Lyall
. His role is on a voluntary basis, which allows him to coach without any recruiting duties.
after Brady Hoke
stepped down.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach and former player. Most recently, he was the head coach at Ball State University
Ball State University
Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
from 2009 to 2010. Parrish was previously head coach at Wabash College
Wabash College
Wabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of only three remaining traditional all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.-History:Wabash College was founded...
, Marshall University
Marshall University
Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....
and Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
. He has been an offensive coordinator
Offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense. Generally, along with his defensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
at Ball State and the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. Parrish is currently the quarterbacks coach
Quarterbacks coach
A quarterbacks coach is a coach in charge of the quarterbacks in gridiron football. The quarterbacks coach typically operates under the offensive coordinator on a team's coaching staff....
at Siena Heights University
Siena Heights University
Siena Heights University is a Roman Catholic postsecondary institution in Adrian, Michigan. It is affiliated with the St. Joseph Academy and Montessori Children’s House.-History:...
.
Early life
Parrish was born on September 20, 1946 in Cleveland, OhioOhio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. He attended Valley Forge High School
Valley Forge High School
Valley Forge High School is located in Parma Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. It is one of three high schools in the Parma City School District, which is one of the largest school districts in the state of Ohio, serving the cities of Parma, Parma Heights, and Seven Hills. The school's colors...
in Parma Heights, Ohio
Parma Heights, Ohio
There are seven council members serving at large. Every two years there is an election. Four positions are open. The top three candidates are each elected for a four-year term. The fourth candidate is awarded a two-year term.[Effective January 2008]...
, and graduated in 1964. Parrish then attended Heidelberg College
Heidelberg College
Heidelberg University is a private liberal arts college located in the city of Tiffin, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. Founded in 1850, it was known as Heidelberg College until 1889 and from 1926 to 2009.- History :...
, where he played football as a defensive back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
from 1965 to 1968. He graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree.
Coaching career
After graduating from Heidelberg, Parrish began his coaching career at Windham High SchoolWindham High School (Windham, Ohio)
Windham High School is a public high school in Windham, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Windham Exempted Village School District. Their nickname is the Bombers. Windham High School was founded in 1883.-Athletics:...
in Windham, Ohio
Windham, Ohio
Windham is a village located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from portions of Windham Township, one of the original townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 2,209 at the 2010 census. In 1942, the US government chose Windham as the site of an army camp...
in 1969. He coached the Bombers first as an assistant, then as head coach. In 1975, Parrish joined the staff at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
as a graduate assistant.
Wabash
Parrish had a highly-successful 42–3–1 stay as head coach at Division III Wabash CollegeWabash College
Wabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of only three remaining traditional all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.-History:Wabash College was founded...
from 1979 to 1982, where he coached future NFL player Pete Metzelaars
Pete Metzelaars
Peter Henry Metzelaars is a former American football tight end who played for the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, and Detroit Lions in a sixteen-year career in the National Football League...
. Parrish was the 29th head coach for the Little Giants in, and he held that position for five seasons, from 1978 until 1982. As of the 2007 season, Parrish's record at Wabash is ranked second in winning percentage (.924). While at Wabash, Parrish also coached the tennis team. Parrish is enshrined in the Wabash College Athletic Hall of Fame.
Marshall
In 1984, Parrish was hired as head football coach at Marshall UniversityMarshall University
Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....
. In two years at Marshall, Parrish helped establish a lasting winning tradition for the school. In 1984, Parrish led Marshall to a 6–5 record, Marshall's first winning season in twenty years and the first since the team's 1970 air disaster. The following year, the Thundering Herd went undefeated at home and earned a #3 NCAA Division I-AA national ranking early in the season before fading to a 7–3–1 record. Partly as a result of the back-to-back winning seasons, plans for a new stadium at Marshall were in place before the next season began. Parrish left Marshall following the 1985 season to take the head coaching job at Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
.
Kansas State
Parrish was not able to repeat his success at K-State in his three years as head coach. From 1986 to 1988 Parrish posted a 2–30–1 mark (.076 winning percentage). Parrish was fired after his team posted an 0–11 record in the 1988 season, and replaced by Bill SnyderBill Snyder
Bill Snyder is the head football coach at Kansas State University. He was rehired to the position on November 24, 2008, making Snyder one of the rare college football head coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same school. Snyder previously served as head coach at the school from 1989 to...
.
Rutgers, Michigan, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
After leaving Kansas State, Parrish served as an assistant head coach at Rutgers UniversityRutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
from 1990 to 1995. For the following six years, he coached at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, where he served as offensive coordinator
Offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense. Generally, along with his defensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
in 2000 and 2001. As the quarterbacks coach, he worked with Brian Griese
Brian Griese
Brian David Griese is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played high school football at Christopher Columbus High School and later college football at Michigan....
, Tom Brady
Tom Brady
Thomas Edward Patrick "Tom" Brady, Jr. is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League . After playing college football at Michigan, Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft.He has played in four Super Bowls,...
, and Drew Henson
Drew Henson
Drew Daniel Henson is a retired Major League Baseball third baseman and National Football League quarterback. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan....
. Parrish helped the 1997 Wolverines
1997 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third year under head coach Lloyd Carr, Michigan compiled a perfect 12–0 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, defeated Washington State in the 1998...
to victory in the Rose Bowl
1998 Rose Bowl
The 1998 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1998 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. It was the 84th Rose Bowl Game. The game featured Michigan beating Washington State by a score of 21–16. The ending of the game is controversial...
and the school's 11th national championship. Parrish spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons as the quarterbacks coach of the NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
's Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
. In 2002, he tutored starting quarterback Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson (American football)
James Bradley Johnson is a former National Football League Super Bowl-winning quarterback. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.-Early years:Brad went to Charles D...
, who led Tampa Bay to a 12–4 regular-season record and the first Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
title in the franchise's history.
Ball State
Parrish was hired by head coach Brady HokeBrady Hoke
Brady Hoke is the head football coach at the University of Michigan. He is in his first season. He grew up in Ohio and attended Ball State University where he played linebacker from 1977 to 1980...
as quarterback coach at Ball State following a one-year hiatus after leaving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The following season, he was promoted to offensive coordinator, while retaining his quarterback coaching duties. In the 2008 season, Ball State had a historically successful campaign, winning their first 12 games before falling to Buffalo
Buffalo Bulls football
The Buffalo Bulls football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University at Buffalo located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Mid-American Conference. Buffalo's first...
in the MAC
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...
championship game. Hoke used this success as a springboard to securing the head coaching job at San Diego State
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
, resigning prior to the team's appearance in the GMAC Bowl
GMAC Bowl
The GoDaddy.com Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama since 1999. It currently matches teams from the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference, and...
. Rather than follow Hoke to San Diego State, Parrish accepted the position as his successor at Ball State. This was Parrish's first head coaching position in 20 years. At Ball State, Parrish has compiled a 4–16 record, including two losses to FCS schools, a loss to a team who had an 18-game losing streak, and a return to the ESPN Bottom 10. He was fired after the 2010 season
2010 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 2010 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals, led by second-year head coach Stan Parrish, compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium....
.
In April 2011, Parrish was appointed as the quarterbacks coach
Quarterbacks coach
A quarterbacks coach is a coach in charge of the quarterbacks in gridiron football. The quarterbacks coach typically operates under the offensive coordinator on a team's coaching staff....
at Siena Heights University
Siena Heights University
Siena Heights University is a Roman Catholic postsecondary institution in Adrian, Michigan. It is affiliated with the St. Joseph Academy and Montessori Children’s House.-History:...
prior to the inaugural season of the school's new football program under head coach Jim Lyall
Jim Lyall
James M. Lyall is an American football coach and former player in the United States. He is currently the head football coach at Siena Heights University, a program that will have its first year of play in 2011...
. His role is on a voluntary basis, which allows him to coach without any recruiting duties.
Head coaching record
Note: Parrish served as head coach for Ball State in the 2009 GMAC Bowl2009 GMAC Bowl
The 2009 GMAC Bowl was the tenth anniversary edition of the American college football bowl game, and part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season the contest was played on January 6, 2009 at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama and featured the Tulsa Golden Hurricane playing the Ball...
after Brady Hoke
Brady Hoke
Brady Hoke is the head football coach at the University of Michigan. He is in his first season. He grew up in Ohio and attended Ball State University where he played linebacker from 1977 to 1980...
stepped down.