Dick Parsons (coach)

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

Dick Parsons
Biographical details
Born (1938-05-31) May 31, 1938 (age 86)
Yancey, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1957–1961Kentucky (basketball, baseball)
Position(s)guard (basketball)
shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1970–1980Kentucky (assistant)
Baseball
1970–1972Kentucky
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall163-164-2

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 to 1972 and was also an assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team from 1970 to 1980 under Joe B. Hall.[1] He attended the University of Kentucky from 1957 to 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

Basketball

Baseball

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Parson's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach. He served in 3 seasons between 1970 and 1972.

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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

  1. ^ "All-Time UK Coaches". UKAthletics.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Dick Parsons". BigBlueHistory.net. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "KHSAA Hall of Fame nomination form" (PDF). KHSAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "2009 Kentucky Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Kentucky Athletics Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 SEC Baseball Media Guide: History & Records" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2014.