2006 UNCG Men’s Soccer: Coaching Staff
Success has followed Michael Parker throughout his collegiate coaching career. One of the winningest coaches in collegiate soccer history, Parker is in his 31st season as a head coach having won six national titles, rolling up 451 wins and 19 NCAA Tournament appearances. More impressive than that is that Parker has gone through those 30 seasons never having endured a losing record as a head coach. Putting that into perspective, consider these coaches, some of which can’t say the same thing in their respective sports: • Bobby Bowden, Florida State football coach, coached his 30th season at FSU last year. He was sub-.500 his first
Full name: Michael Hartley Parker • Native of Bradford, England. • Earned a bachelor of science from Madeley College in Staffordshire, England in 1968 and a masters of education degree from North Carolina in 1971.
year and hasn’t had one since. • Mike Krzyzewski, Duke men’s basketball coach, has coached for 31 seasons and has endured four sub-.500 records (two at Duke and two at Army). • North Carolina men’s basketball coach Dean Smith had one losing season and another at exactly .500 in 36 years with the Tar Heels. He closed out his career with 33 straight winning campaigns. • Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summit is in the same class as Parker, having coached UT to a better than .500 record in all 31 seasons wiith the Lady Vols. • Former Miami, FL baseball coach Ron Fraser, recently inducted into the new College Baseball Hall of Fame, coached the Hurricanes to a better than .500 record in all 30 of his seasons in South Beach.
• Served as head coach at Lock Haven from 1976-1983 where he compiled a record of 112-27-7 (.789). • Led Lock Haven to Division III National Championships in 1977 and 1978, then to a Division II National Championship in 1980. • Took over as head coach of UNCG for the 1984 season and has led UNCG to a 339-126-17 record in his 22 years. He won his 300th game at UNCG on Oct. 12, 2003 with a win over Mercer. • Led UNCG to three straight NCAA Division III National Championship in 1985, 1986 and 1987 to become the first men’s soccer coach to win three straight national titles. Has also led the Spartans to 10 conference titles, including four in the SoCon. • Was the first collegiate men’s soccer coach to lead a school to the NCAA Tournament in all three divisions. • His 451 career wins rank 11th in NCAA men’s soccer history and are the most among active Div. I coaches. • Entered the 2006 season third in winning percentage (.735) among active Div. I coaches and 16th all-time in Div. I history. • Named Conference Coach of the Year in 1985 (Dixie), 1996 (Big South) and 2004 (Southern Conference). • Member of the UNCG Athletics Hall of Fame 2005 Induction Class, making him the first active male coach to be enshrined.
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To put Parker’s success into even more of a historical perspective, only 10 coaches in collegiate soccer history (all divisions) have ever won more games. Parker is one of 11 collegiate coaches to ever roll up 451 career wins, and just the fourth to do so at the Division I level. In addition, Parker ranks first among active Division I coaches in victories. Entering this season, he is third among active coaches in winning percentage at .735. That percentage also ranks 16th all-time in Division I history. For all of his accolades at UNCG, Parker was inducted into the UNCG Athletics Hall of Fame in September 2005, making him the first male coach to be inducted while still active. Entering his 31st season overall and his 23rd at UNCG, Parker has a career record of 451-155-24. In his 22 seasons at UNCG, Parker has amassed a record of 339-126-17, which computes to a .718 winning percentage. Parker’s six national titles –– five in Division III and one in Division II –– rank him first among active men’s collegiate coaches. He is second all-time to the late Bob
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Div. Record III 6-4-2 III 14-4-0 III 18-2-0 III 16-4-0 II 21-0-0 II 12-5-2 II 11-5-2 II 14-3-1 III 17-2-2 III 20-5-0 III 18-5-0 III 17-7-1 II 13-7-0 II 19-4-1 II 14-6-0 I 13-6-1 I 14-8-0 I 14-6-2 I 17-5-0 I 12-5-3 I 21-2-0 I 14-7-0 I 19-4-2 I 13-8-0 I 12-7-1 I 13-8-0 I 14-8-0 I 10-8-2 I 19-3-1 I 16-6-1
Overall Record
451-155-24 (30 Years)
At UNCG
339-126-17 (22 Years)
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Most Wins – Div. I Active Coaches
Coach, Curent Team Yrs. Won Lost Tied Michael Parker, UNCG 30 451 155 24 Schellas Hyndman, SMU 29 435 115 43 John Rennie, Duke 34 425 196 45 Tom Martin, James Madison 29 399 134 44 Mark Berson, South Carolina 29 391 148 45 Bobby Gray, Marshall 29 367 170 36 Ralph Lundy, C. of Charleston 30 351 224 39 Bob Reasso, Rutgers 27 333 158 69 Bob Warming, Creighton 28 335 166 49 Gary Parsons, Oakland 24 332 116 49
(Minimum five years as a Division I head coach; includes all victories as coach at a four-year institution)
• 2004 NCAA Tournament Round of 16 • 2005 Southern Conference Co-Champions