Dennis Parker

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Dennis Parker
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Head Coach
Team	Idabel High School
Biographical details
Born	(1950-03-23) March 23, 1950 Idabel, Oklahoma
Playing career
c. 1970	Southeastern Oklahoma State
Position(s)	Lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1976	Oliver Wendell Holmes HS (TX)
1977–1981	Southeast Missouri State (assistant)
1982–1983	Judson HS (TX) (OC)
1984–1990	Marshall HS (TX)
1991–1993	North Texas
1994–1998	Cleburne HS (TX)
2004–2006	Mesa HS (AZ)
2007–2009	Texas Lutheran
Head coaching record
Overall	17–45–1 (college)

Dennis Parker (born March 23, 1950) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Texas from 1991 to 1993 and at Texas Lutheran University from 2007 to 2009, compiling a career college football record of 17–45–1.

Parker began his coaching career in the high school ranks as an assistant at San Antonio Edison, San Antonio Holmes and Converse Judson. At Converse Judson, Parker was the offensive coordinator under coach Frank Arnold, as the team won the 1983 state championship. In 1984 he took over head coaching duties at Marshall, guiding the school to a 56–27–1 record in seven years. In 1990, his team won a state championship versus Converse Judson. Parker was named the Texas High School Coach of the Year in 1988 and in 1990.

Moving into the collegiate ranks, Parker succeeded Corky Nelson at North Texas in 1991. He left in 1993 after three losing seasons. He later coached at Cleburne and Mesa before becoming head coach at Texas Lutheran. On November 9, 2009, Parker resigned as head coach at Texas Lutheran.^[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
North Texas Mean Green (Southland Conference) (1991–1993)
1991	North Texas	3–7–1	2–5	T–6th
1992	North Texas	4–7	3–4	5th
1993	North Texas	4–7	2–5	T–5th
North Texas:		11–21–1	7–14
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs (American Southwest Conference) (2007–2009)
2007	Texas Lutheran	2–8	2–6	7th
2008	Texas Lutheran	4–6	3–5	6th
2009	Texas Lutheran	0–10	0–8	9th
Texas Lutheran:		6–24	5–19
Total:		17–45–1

References

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External links

Dennis Parker at the College Football Data Warehouse

North Texas Mean Green head football coaches

J. W. Pender (1913–1914)
James W. St. Clair (1915–1919)
Theron J. Fouts (1920–1924)
John B. Reid (1925–1928)
Jack Sisco (1929–1941)
Lloyd Russell (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Odus Mitchell (1946–1966)
Rod Rust (1967–1972)
Hayden Fry (1973–1978)
Jerry Moore (1979–1980)
Bob Tyler (1981)
Corky Nelson (1982–1990)
Dennis Parker (1991–1993)
Matt Simon (1994–1997)
Darrell Dickey (1998–2006)
Todd Dodge (2007–2010)
Mike Canales # (2010)
Dan McCarney (2011–2015)
Mike Canales # (2015)
Seth Littrell (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Texas Lutheran Bulldogs head football coaches

James Harley (1912–1913)
Emil Sitz (1914)
James Harley (1915–1917)
No team (1918–1920)
Edgar Hennig (1921)
No team (1922)
A. J. Briesemeister (1923–1925)
Jack Doerfler (1926–1929)
Fred Weston (1930–1931)
Jack Doerfler (1932)
No team (1933–1936)
George Kieffer (1937–1940)
No team (1941–1945)
Fritz Lehnhoff (1946–1949)
George Kieffer (1950–1952)
John J. Kramer (1953–1958)
Jim Malmquist (1959–1961)
Verl Westergard (1962–1963)
Fred Hightower (1964–1968)
Carman Bonner (1969–1970)
Jim Wacker (1971–1975)
Dan Knight (1976–1980)
Vernon Fewell (1981–1987)
No team (1988–1997)
Bryan Marmion (1998–2001)
Tom Mueller (2002–2006)
Dennis Parker (2007–2009)
Danny Padron (2010– )

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