Dick Parsons (coach)

This article is about the baseball coach. For the executive named Dick Parsons, see Richard Parsons (businessman).

Dick Parsons
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball, Baseball
Born	(1938-05-31) May 31, 1938 Yancey, Kentucky
Playing career
1957–1961	Kentucky (basketball, baseball)
Position(s)	guard (basketball) shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Men's basketball
1970–1980	Kentucky (asst.)
Baseball
1970–1972	Kentucky
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall	163-164-2

James R. "Dick" Parsons is a former American college baseball and college basketball coach. He was the coach of the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team from 1970-1972 and was also an assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team from 1970-1980 under Joe B. Hall.^[1] He attended the University of Kentucky from 1957-1961 where he played both baseball and basketball.^[2]

Early years

Parson was born in Yancey, Kentucky and attended Harlan High School where he ran track and played baseball, basketball and football.^[3] He attended the University of Kentucky where he was a two sport athlete. In baseball, he was all-SEC in 1959 and 1961 and All-American in 1961.^[4]

Coaching career

Baseball

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Parson's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.^[4]^[5]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Kentucky (Southeastern Conference) (1970–1972)
1970	Kentucky	8-19	2-12	6th (East)
1971	Kentucky	18-15	7-8	5th (East)
1972	Kentucky	16-10-1	4-8	5th (East)
Total:		42-43-1
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "All-Time UK Coaches". UKAthletics.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
↑ "Dick Parsons". BigBlueHistory.net. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ "KHSAA Hall of Fame nomination form" (PDF). KHSAA. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
1 2 "2009 Kentucky Baseball Media Guide". Kentucky Athletics Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
↑ "2014 SEC Baseball Media Guide: History & Records". Southeastern Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

Kentucky Wildcats head baseball coaches

Unknown (1896–1897)
No team (1898–1902)
G. L. Byroade (1903)
A. A. Gordon (1904)
W. C. Kelly (1905)
H. E. Reed (1906)
F. C. Paullin (1907)
C. M. Leaphart (1908)
Unknown (1909–1910)
Frank Engel (1911–1913)
Alpha Brummage (1914–1915)
Bill Tuttle (1916)
J. B. Fledge (1917)
No team (1918)
Unknown (1919)
Andrew Gill (1920–1921)
Jim Park (1922)
C. E. Barger (1923–1924)
Fred J. Murphy (1925–1926)
John Devereaux (1927)
Fred Major (1928)
John Devereaux (1929–1931)
No team (1932–1933)
John Devereaux (1934)
No team (1935–1938)
Frank Moseley (1939–1941)
Bill Black (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Frank Moseley (1946)
Harry Lancaster (1947)
Frank Moseley (1948–1950)
Harry Lancaster (1951–1965)
J. R. Shannon (1966–1969)
Dick Parsons (1970–1972)
Jordan E. Horne (1973–1978)
Keith Madison (1979–2003)
John Cohen (2004–2008)
Gary Henderson (2009– )

Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball 1977–78 NCAA Champions

4 Kyle Macy 20 Dwane Casey 21 Jack Givens MOP 22 Truman Claytor 32 James Lee 50 Chuck Aleksinas 53 Rick Robey 55 Mike Phillips Head Coach Joe B. Hall Assistant Coaches Leonard Hamilton Dick Parsons

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