Sport(s) Ice hockey 1973–2013 Boston University 1965–1968 Boston University Name Jack Parker | Position(s) Center Role Coach 1968–1969 Medford HS (MA) Education Boston University | |
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Born March 11, 1945 (age 79)
Somerville, Massachusetts ( 1945-03-11 ) 1969–1973 Boston University (assistant) Team Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey Books Brock biology of microorganism Similar People Matt Gilroy, Jack Eichel, Chris Drury | ||
Boston university hockey coach jack parker on now and then
Jack Parker (born March 11, 1945) is the former head coach of the Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team. The 2012–13 hockey season was Parker's 40th and final season as head coach of the Terriers, and his 47th overall at the school as a player or coach.
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- Boston university hockey coach jack parker on now and then
- Jack parker explosive power plays
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Retirement
- College Head Coaching record
- Notable players
- References
Jack parker explosive power plays
Playing career
Parker graduated from Catholic Memorial School in West Roxbury in 1964. He played for the Terriers from 1965 to 1968. The team was a combined 77–22–4 while Parker was a center for the team. Parker played on three Beanpot Championship teams and two teams which played in the NCAA tournament placing fourth in 1966 and second in 1967. Parker was captain of the team during his senior year on the team. Parker played against Boston College's current coach, Jerry York, while York was at BC and in high school.
Coaching career
Immediately after graduating, Parker was named head coach at Medford High School. After only one year, he returned to BU as an assistant under his former college coach, Jack Kelley, and helped lead the Terriers to two consecutive national championships in 1971 and 1972. After Kelley retired, Parker was promoted to B-team coach under his predecessor, Leon Abbott.
Abbott was abruptly fired on December 21, 1973 for withholding information about the eligibility of two Canadian players who had played junior hockey in their native country, even though a judge questioned the constitutionality of the rules allegedly violated. Parker was named his successor.
Parker was named the NCAA Coach of the Year three times, the first after the 1974–75 season, again after the 1977–78 season and a third time after 2008-09. Parker was also named the Hockey East Coach of the Year after the 1985–86, 1991–92, 1999–2000, 2004–05 and 2005-06 seasons. On January 30, 2009, Parker claimed his 800th win in a 3-1 victory over Merrimack College. He was only the third coach to win 800 games, and the first to do so with one team. On April 11, 2009, Parker won his 30th NCAA tournament game and third team national title.
Parker retired at the end of the 2012-13 season. He finished with a record of 897–472–115. At the time of his retirement, he was the third-winningest coach in NCAA history, behind only Ron Mason and Jerry York. His 897 wins are far and away the most in BU history, and are more than four times the total of runner-up Harry Cleverly. He has had a hand in more than two-thirds of BU's all-time wins. Apart from his one year as Medford High's coach, he spent the first 48 years of his adult life at BU as a player, assistant coach and head coach.
Retirement
On March 11, 2013, Parker announced that the 2012–13 season would be his last, telling BU Today, “Forty years is a long time to be at the same institution in the same job. I think I’m a little long in the tooth. I don’t think I’ve had the focus I need to have. I haven’t lost a step, but I don’t want to lose a step."
College Head Coaching record
Reference:
†Parker took over as coach after Leon Abbott was fired mid-season. BU credits the first six games of the season to Abbott and the final 25 years to Parker.
Notable players
A list of notable players whom Parker has coached: