Curtis Parker
American football and basketball player and coach (1901–1982)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1901 Wilmar, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | (1982-04-19)April 19, 1982 (aged) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1925 | Arkansas |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1924 | Arkansas |
| 1925–1926 | Arkansas |
| Position(s) | End (football) Guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1928 | Centenary (freshmen) |
| 1929–1933 | Centenary (AHC) |
| 1934–1939 | Centenary |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1939 | Centenary |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1934–1940 | Centenary |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 37–27–6 (football) 140–82 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Football All-Southwest (1925) | |
Curtis Parker (1901 – April 19, 1982) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1934 to 1939, compiling a record of 37–27–6.[1] He was also the head basketball coach at Centenary from 1927 to 1939, tallying a mark of 37–27–6.[2][3]
Parker was born in 1901 in Wilmar, Arkansas and was raised in Oklahoma. He died on April 19, 1982, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[4][5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centenary Gentlemen (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1934–1939) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Centenary | 10–2 | 3–0 | T–4th | |||||
| 1935 | Centenary | 6–5 | 3–0 | 4th | |||||
| 1936 | Centenary | 6–4–2 | 2–0 | T–4th | |||||
| 1937 | Centenary | 6–3–3 | 3–0 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1938 | Centenary | 7–4 | 2–0 | 4th | |||||
| 1939 | Centenary | 2–9–1 | 1–1 | T–14th | |||||
| Centenary: | 37–27–6 | 14–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 37–27–6 | ||||||||
References
- ^ The Glory Years of Football, Centenary College of Louisiana 1922-1942. Centenary College of Louisiana. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Volume 10". American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. 1939. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ Carter, Joe B. (November 29, 1933). "Curtis Parker Named Head Coach Of Centenary College Grid Squad". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 14. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ "Curtis Parker, former coach at Centenary, dies". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. April 19, 1982. p. 3. Retrieved July 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Curtis Parker". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. April 20, 1982. p. 7. Retrieved July 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
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Centenary Gentlemen head football coaches
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- No team (1897–1907)
- Unknown (1908)
- James Hinton (1909)
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- Ramey (1911)
- Simon W. Tudor (1912)
- Brooks Garrett (1913–1914)
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- Homer Norton (1919–1921)
- Bo McMillin (1922–1924)
- Earl A. Davis (1925)
- Homer Norton (1926–1933)
- Curtis Parker (1934–1939)
- Jake Hanna (1940–1941)
- No team (1942–1946)
- Jess Thompson (1947)
- No team (1948–2023)
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