Gerad Parker

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Gerad Parker
File:Gerad parker.jpg
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator
Team West Virginia
Conference Big 12
Biographical details
Born (1981-01-04) January 4, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Huntington, West Virginia
Playing career
2000–2004 Kentucky
Position(s) Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006 Raceland-Worthington HS (KY) (WR/DB)
2007 Kentucky (GA)
2008–2010 UT Martin (PGC/RC)
2011–2012 Marshall (WR)
2013–2014 Purdue (TE/RC)
2015–2016 Purdue (WR/RC)
2016 Purdue (interim HC)
2017 Duke (OA)
2018 Duke (WR)
2019 Penn State (WR)
2020–present West Virginia (OC/WR)
Head coaching record
Overall 0–6

Gerad Michael Parker (born January 4, 1981) is an American football coach and former wide receiver. He is the offensive coordinator at West Virginia University. Parker played college football at the University of Kentucky from 2000 to 2004 for head coaches Hal Mumme, Guy Morriss & Rich Brooks. He served as the interim head coach at Purdue University for six games in 2016.

Early life

Gerad, a native of Louisa, Kentucky, was born the son of Rick and Laura Parker.[2] Parker graduated from Lawrence County High School, where he was a member of the basketball team, track and field team as well as the football team as a record-setting wide receiver.[3] As a freshman and sophomore, Parker teamed up with Jason Michael to form one of the best passing attacks in the state of Kentucky.[2] A 2000 graduate, Parker was Kentucky's all-time leading receiving with 4,814 career receiving yards in high school.[4] His 65 receptions, 1,504 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior made him a finalist for the 1999 Kentucky Mr. Football Award, losing out to eventual teammate Travis Atwell.[2] Parker also ran the 400-meter dash, 400-meter relay and 1,600-meter relay, as well as was a member of the basketball team.[2]

College career

In January 2000, Parker accepted a scholarship to the University of Kentucky to continue his football career.[5][6] He chose Kentucky over offers from Marshall and Western Kentucky.[2] During Paker's career at Kentucky, he went through three head coaches, two broken collar bones and a leg injury.[7]

Statistics

Source:[8]

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Kentucky Wildcats
Season Receiving
Rec Yards Avg Yds/G TD
2000 Redshirt
2001 0 0 -- -- 0
2002 0 0 -- -- 0
2003 0 0 -- -- 0
2004 15 168 11.2 18.6 0
NCAA Career Totals 15 168 11.2 18.6 0

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Parker coached wide receivers and defensive backs at Raceland-Worthington High School from 2005–2006.[9] In 2007 Parker took a graduate assistant job at Kentucky,[10] where he worked with wide receivers and the offensive scout team. The following year Parker was hired by UT Martin, where he was the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator. In 2011, Parker became the wide receivers coach at Marshall.[11]

Purdue

On February 11, 2013, Parker was hired by Darrell Hazell as the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at Purdue University.[9] In 2015, Parker took over as the wide receivers coach and maintained his role as the recruiting coordinator.[12]

Parker mentored standout receiver DeAngelo Yancey during his time at Purdue. Yancey earned second team All-Big Ten honors after recording a career-high 49 receptions for 951 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2016,[13] and wrapped up his four-year collegiate career ranking among the top receivers in Purdue history, finishing with 141 career receptions for 2,344 yards and 20 TDs.[14]

After a loss to Iowa on October 16, 2016, Purdue fired head coach Darrell Hazell and named Parker the interim head coach for the final six weeks of the season.[15]

Cincinnati and East Carolina

On January 17, 2017, Parker was named the running backs coach at the University of Cincinnati.[16] Parker resigned from Cincinnati the week of February 13, 2017 to become the wide receivers coach at East Carolina University.[17][18] On February 22, 2017, Parker was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Because of the arrest, the East Carolina rescinded their offer.[19]

Duke

On June 1, 2017, Parker was hired by David Cutcliffe and the Duke Blue Devils as a Football Operations Assistant.[20] In 2018, Parker transitioned into an assistant coaching role to mentor Duke’s wide receivers.[21] During his one season coaching the Duke wide receivers, the unit combined for 2,252 yards, accounting for 70.4 percent of the Blue Devils’ passing production.[22]

Penn State

On January 10, 2019 Parker was named the wide receivers coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions, replacing David Corley.[22]

West Virginia

Before the 2020 season, Parker was hired as the offensive coordinator at West Virginia.[23]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (2016)
2016 Purdue 0–6 0–6 7th (West)
Purdue: 0–6 0–6
Total: 0–6
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

References

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