Red Parker

Red Parker
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1931-10-26)October 26, 1931 Hampton, Arkansas
Died	January 4, 2016(2016-01-04) (aged 84) Little Rock, Arkansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1953–1960	Fordyce HS (AR)
1961–1965	Arkansas A&M
1966–1972	The Citadel
1973–1976	Clemson
1980	Vanderbilt (QB)
1981	Southern Arkansas University
1982–1987	Delta State
1988–1991	Ole Miss (OC/QB)
1996–1998	Ouachita Baptist University
Head coaching record
Overall	137–127–8 (college)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Jimmy Dale "Red" Parker^[1] (October 26, 1931 – January 4, 2016) was an American football coach. From 1961 to 1965, he served as the head football coach at Arkansas A&M, where he compiled a 29–19–2 record. From 1966 to 1972, he coached at The Citadel in South Carolina. He compiled a 46–37 record there. From 1973 to 1976, he coached at Clemson, where he compiled a 17–25–2 record. In 1981, he coached at Southern Arkansas University, where he compiled a 7–3 record. From 1982 to 1987, he coached at Delta State University. From 1996 to 1998, he coached at Ouachita Baptist University where he compiled a 10–20 record.

Parker was named the first ever high school football coach for the Harmony Grove Cardinals, in Benton, Arkansas. His team won the school's first ever varsity game against Poyen High School Indians on September 3, 2010 by a score of 35–14.^[2] He announced his resignation from Harmony Grove on October 28, 2015, effective at the end of the 2015 season, citing health reasons.^[3] He died on January 4, 2016 from complications of heart disease.^[4]^[5]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Arkansas A&M Boll Weevils (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1961–1965)
1961	Arkansas A&M	2–8	1–6
1962	Arkansas A&M	3–6–1	2–4–1
1963	Arkansas A&M	9–1	6–1	1st
1964	Arkansas A&M	8–2	6–1	2nd
1965	Arkansas A&M	7–2–1	5–1–1	1st
Arkansas A&M:		29–19–2	20–13–2
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1966–1972)
1966	The Citadel	4–6	3–5	6th
1967	The Citadel	5–5	2–4	7th
1968	The Citadel	5–5	4–2	2nd
1969	The Citadel	7–3	4–2	3rd
1970	The Citadel	5–6	4–2	2nd
1971	The Citadel	8–3	4–2	3rd
1972	The Citadel	5–6	4–3	4th
The Citadel:		39–34	25–20
Clemson Tigers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1973–1976)
1973	Clemson	5–6	4–2	3rd
1974	Clemson	7–4	4–2	T–2nd
1975	Clemson	2–9	2–3	5th
1976	Clemson	3–6–2	0–4–1	7th
Clemson:		17–25–2	10–11–1
Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1981)
1981	Southern Arkansas	7–3
Southern Arkansas:		7–3
Delta State Statesmen (Gulf South Conference) (1982–1987)
1982	Delta State	6–4	3–4	T–4th
1983	Delta State	5–5	3–5	7th
1984	Delta State	7–3–1	5–2–1	4th
1985	Delta State	4–6–1	3–4–1	5th
1986	Delta State	6–4–1	4–3–1	T–4th
1987	Delta State	6–4–1	3–4–1	T–5th
Delta State:		34–26–4	21–22–4
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (NCAA Division II independent) (1996)
1996	Ouachita Baptist	3–7
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Lone Star Conference) (1997–1998)
1997	Ouachita Baptist	4–6	3–5	T–8th
1998	Ouachita Baptist	3–7	3–5	9th
Ouachita Baptist:		10–20	6–10
Total:		137–127–8
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ Coach Jimmy "Red" Dale Parker Obituary
↑ Jeff Hartsell (October 5, 2013). "At age 81, former Citadel football coach Red Parker still in the game". Post and Courier (Charleston, SC). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
↑ Jeremy Muck (October 28, 2015). "High school, college coach Jimmy "Red" Parker resigning". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
↑ http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jan/04/longtime-football-coach-jimmy-red-parker-dies/
↑ Jeff Hartsell (January 4, 2016). "Former Citadel, Clemson coach Red Parker dies at 84". Post and Courier (Charleston, SC). Retrieved January 4, 2016.

External links

Red Parker at the College Football Data Warehouse

Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils head football coaches

I. R. Martin (1913–1914)
Dan Estes (1915)
Unknown (1916)
Dan Estes (1917)
No team (1918)
Unknown (1919)
B. S. Hargis (1920–1925)
H. P. Herring (1926)
A. O. Pittinger (1927–1930)
Foy Hammons (1931–1933)
Stewart Ferguson (1934)
Bo Sherman (1935–1937)
Stewart Ferguson (1938–1941)
No team (1942)
Eugene Agustefer (1943–1944)
No team (1945)
Doug Locke (1946–1947)
Jack Eckdahl (1948–1949)
Jim Benton (1950–1953)
Convoy Leslie (1954–1958)
Kenny Holland (1959–1960)
Red Parker (1961–1965)
Bill Calaway (1966–1969)
Bill Groce (1970–1974)
Quentious Crews (1975–1977)
Harold Tilley (1978–1984)
Tommy Barnes (1985–1996)
Carl Preston (1997–1998)
Clarence Holley (1999–2001)
Gregg Ricono (2002–2004)
Gwaine Matthews (2005–2010)
Hud Jackson (2011–)

The Citadel Bulldogs head football coaches

Syd Smith (1905)
Ralph Foster (1906–1908)
Sam Costen (1909–1910)
Louis LeTellier (1911–1912)
George C. Rogers (1913–1915)
Harvey O'Brien (1916–1918)
George C. Rogers (1919)
Harvey O'Brien (1920–1921)
Carl Prause (1922–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1930–1931)
Tatum Gressette (1932–1939)
Bo Rowland (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
J. Quinn Decker (1946–1952)
John D. McMillan (1953–1954)
John Sauer (1955–1956)
Eddie Teague (1957–1965)
Red Parker (1966–1972)
Bobby Ross (1973–1977)
Art Baker (1978–1982)
Tom Moore (1983–1986)
Charlie Taaffe (1987–1995)
Don Powers (1996–2000)
Ellis Johnson (2001–2003)
John Zernhelt (2004)
Kevin Higgins (2005–2013)
Mike Houston (2014–2015)
Brent Thompson (2016– )

Clemson Tigers head football coaches

Walter Riggs (1896)
William M. Williams (1897)
John Penton (1898)
Walter Riggs (1899)
John Heisman (1900–1903)
Shack Shealy (1904)
Eddie Cochems (1905)
Bob Williams (1906)
Frank Shaughnessy (1907)
J. N. Stone (1908)
Bob Williams (1909)
Frank Dobson (1910–1912)
Bob Williams (1913–1915)
Wayne Hart (1916)
Edward Donahue (1917–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1922)
Bud Saunders (1923–1926)
Bob Williams (1926)
Josh Cody (1927–1930)
Jess Neely (1931–1939)
Frank Howard (1940–1969)
Hootie Ingram (1970–1972)
Red Parker (1973–1976)
Charley Pell (1977–1978)
Danny Ford (1979–1989)
Ken Hatfield (1990–1993)
Tommy West (1993–1998)
Tommy Bowden (1999–2008)
Dabo Swinney (2008– )

Southern Arkansas Muleriders head football coaches

G. R. Turrentine (1911–1917)
J. W. Gardner (1918)
G. W. Bacot (1919)
A. J. Anderson (1920–1921)
A. L. Ahrens (1922)
Sage McLean (1923–1936)
No team (1937–1939)
Arvil Green (1941–1942)
No team (1942–1945)
Elmer Smith (1946–1953)
Auburn Smith (1954–1968)
Raymond Powell (1969–1978)
Sam Goodwin (1979–1980)
Red Parker (1981)
Steve Arnett (1982–1985)
Rob Hicklin (1986–1989)
Don Tumey (1990–1993)
Steve Roberts (1994–1999)
John Bland (2000)
Steve Quinn (2001–2008)
Bill Keopple (2009– )

Delta State Statesmen head football coaches

W. J. Parks (1926)
Paul West (1927)
Herman Zimoski (1928–1932)
Henry Allen (1933)
Herman Zimoski (1934–1935)
Alex Dickinson (1936–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Forest Wyatt (1946–1947)
Gene Chadwick (1948–1960)
Horace McCool (1961–1973)
Robert McGraw (1974–1977)
Don Denning (1978)
Johnny Plummer (1979–1981)
Red Parker (1982–1987)
Don Skelton (1988–1992)
Todd Knight (1993–1998)
Steve Campbell (1999–2001)
Rick Rhoades (2002–2006)
Ron Roberts (2007–2011)
Jamey Chadwell (2012)
Todd Cooley (2013– )

Ouachita Baptist Tigers head football coaches

Unknown (1896)
J. W. Conger (1897)
No team (1898–1905)
W. R. Rogers (1906)
Raymond Kelly (1907)
E. J. Ryan (1908)
C. A. Miller (1909–1911)
Morley Jennings (1912–1925)
Foy Hammons (1926–1930)
Bo Rowland (1931)
Otis Galloway (1932–1933)
W. I. Walton (1934–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
R. A. Cowen (1945–1946)
Robert Smith (1947)
Wes Bradshaw (1948–1949)
Rab Rodgers (1950–1957)
Lamar Watkins (1958–1960)
Rab Rodgers (1961–1963)
Buddy Benson (1965–1995)
Red Parker (1996–1998)
Todd Knight (1999– )

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