Jack Parker (ice hockey)

Jack Parker
Biographical details
Born	March 11, 1945 (age 79); Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1965–1968	Boston University
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968–1969	Medford HS (MA)
1969–1973	Boston University (assistant)
1973–2013	Boston University
Head coaching record
Overall	897–472–115 (.643)
Tournaments	30–25 (.545)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	3x NCAA national champion (1978, 1995, 2009); 6x Hockey East tournament champion (1986, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009); 8x Hockey East regular season champion (1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009); 4x ECAC Hockey tournament champion (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977); 2x ECAC Hockey regular season champion (1976, 1978); ECAC Hockey East Region Champion (1984)
Awards
	3x Spencer Penrose Award (1975, 1978, 2009); 5x Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award (1986, 1992, 2000, 2005, 2006); 1994 Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame2014 Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey Award; Beanpot Hall of Fame
Records
	Most Wins One School: (897); Most Losses One School: (472; D-I); Most Ties One School: (115); Most NCAA Tournament Appearances: (24); Most Beanpot Victories: (21); Most Frozen Four Appearances: (13); Most consecutive Beanpot Victories: (6); Most consecutive Hockey East Regular Season titles: (5); Most consecutive ECAC tournament titles: (4-tied)

Jack Parker (born March 11, 1945) is an American ice hockey coach, who previously served as the 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.

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 former coach, Jerry York, while York was at BC and in high school.^[1]

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 left the program to become general manager and head coach of the New England Whalers, 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.^[2]

Parker was asked by USA Hockey about coaching the Olympic team for the 1980 Olympics. He declined the position, which opened the door for Herb Brooks to serve as coach.^[3]

On February 8, 1989, Parker was named Boston University's athletic director. He was going to step down as head coach at the end of the 1988–89 season, but on February 21, 1989, Parker announced he was relinquishing the AD's job to continue coaching.^[4]^[5]

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."^[6] In 2014, Coach Parker's jersey number 6 was retired by the Terriers in a ceremony during a game against the University of New Hampshire.

In 2017, he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.^[7]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Boston University Terriers (ECAC Hockey) (1973–1984)
1973–74	Boston University	19–6–0†	11–5–0†	3rd	NCAA consolation game (win)
1974–75	Boston University	26–5–1	20–2–0	2nd	NCAA consolation game (win)
1975–76	Boston University	25–5–0	21–2–0	1st	NCAA consolation game (loss)
1976–77	Boston University	20–11–1	16–7–1	4th	NCAA consolation game (win)
1977–78	Boston University	30–2–0	21–1–0	1st	NCAA national champion
1978–79	Boston University	21–7–2	17–4–2	1st	ECAC third-place game (loss)
1979–80	Boston University	11–17–0	8–14–0	14th
1980–81	Boston University	14–15–0	10–12–0	12th
1981–82	Boston University	14–11–3	9–10–3	t-10th
1982–83	Boston University	18–11–1	14–7–0	6th	ECAC quarterfinals
1983–84	Boston University	28–11–1	15–6–0	t-2nd	NCAA quarterfinals
Boston University:		226–101–9	162–70–6
Boston University Terriers (Hockey East) (1984–2013)
1984–85	Boston University	24–14–4	19–11–4	2nd	Hockey East consolation game (win)
1985–86	Boston University	25–14–4	20–11–3	2nd	NCAA quarterfinals
1986–87	Boston University	19–15–3	15–14–3	4th	Hockey East quarterfinals
1987–88	Boston University	14–17–3	11–12–3	4th	Hockey East quarterfinals
1988–89	Boston University	14–21–1	10–15–1	5th	Hockey East quarterfinals
1989–90	Boston University	25–17–2	12–7–2	3rd	NCAA Frozen Four
1990–91	Boston University	28–11–2	13–6–2	3rd	NCAA runner-up
1991–92	Boston University	23–8–4	11–6–4	2nd	NCAA East regional quarterfinals
1992–93	Boston University	29–9–2	18–5–1	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
1993–94	Boston University	34–7–0	21–3–0	1st	NCAA runner-up
1994–95	Boston University	31–6–3	16–5–3–2	t-1st	NCAA national champion
1995–96	Boston University	30–7–3	17–5–2–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
1996–97	Boston University	26–9–6	16–4–4	t-1st	NCAA runner-up
1997–98	Boston University	28–8–2	18–4–2	1st	NCAA East regional semifinals
1998–99	Boston University	14–20–3	8–13–3	5th	Hockey East quarterfinals
1999–2000	Boston University	25–10–7	15–3–5	1st	NCAA East regional semifinals
2000–01	Boston University	14–20–3	9–12–3	6th	Hockey East quarterfinals
2001–02	Boston University	25–10–3	15–6–3	t-2nd	NCAA East regional semifinals
2002–03	Boston University	25–14–3	13–10–1	5th	NCAA Northeast regional final
2003–04	Boston University	12–17–9	6–13–5	8th	Hockey East semifinals
2004–05	Boston University	23–14–4	15–5–4	t-2nd	NCAA East regional semifinals
2005–06	Boston University	26–10–4	17–7–3	1st	NCAA Northeast regional final
2006–07	Boston University	20–10–9	13–6–8	3rd	NCAA Midwest regional semifinals
2007–08	Boston University	19–17–4	15–10–3	2nd	Hockey East semifinals
2008–09	Boston University	35–6–4	18–5–4	1st	NCAA national champion
2009–10	Boston University	18–17–3	13–12–2	t-3rd	Hockey East semifinals
2010–11	Boston University	19–12–8	15–6–6	3rd	Hockey East quarterfinals
2011–12	Boston University	23–15–1	17–8–1	t-2nd	NCAA West regional semifinals
2012–13	Boston University	21–16–2	15–10–2	t-3rd	Hockey East runner-up
Boston University:		671–371–106	423–235–85
Total:		897–472–115
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

†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.

Reference:^[8]

3-time NCAA men's champions (1978, 1995, 2009)
4-time ECAC men's champions (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
3-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1976, 1978, 1979)
7-time Hockey East men's champions (1986, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009)
8-time Hockey East men's regular season champions (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009)
21-time Beanpot winners (1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)

Notable players

A list of notable players whom Parker has coached:

Tony Amonte, Former NHL player
Bob Deraney, Providence Friars women's ice hockey coach (1999–present)
Jim Craig, 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympian
John Cullen, Former NHL player
Rick DiPietro, First goaltender selected with the number-one pick in an NHL entry draft. See 2000 NHL Entry Draft
Chris Drury, Hobey Baker Award winner in 1998
Mike Eruzione, Captain of the 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic hockey team
Matt Gilroy, Hobey Baker Award winner in 2009
Shawn McEachern, Former NHL player
Rick Meagher, Former NHL player
Jack O'Callahan, 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympian. Former NHL player
Jay Pandolfo, Former NHL player
Tom Poti, Former NHL player
Travis Roy, Quadriplegic who injured himself eleven seconds into his first-ever shift, only player to have his number retired by Parker
Dave Silk, 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympian
Mike Sullivan, Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coach (2015–present)
Keith Tkachuk, Former NHL player
Ryan Whitney, Former NHL player

References

^ Boudette, Neal E. (December 2, 2009). "Losing is H-E-Double Hockey Sticks For Boston's Icy Odd Couple". The Wall Street Journal. p. A1.
^ Kaminsky, Arthur. Ousted coach is defended in foreign player dispute. New York Times, 1973-12-30.
^ "Burnside: Brooks' importance goes beyond 'Miracle'". ESPN.com. 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
^ Concannon, Joe (February 9, 1989). "Parker takes over". The Boston Globe.
^ Harber, Paul (February 22, 1989). "Parker reshuffles: BU hockey coach relinquishes post as AD". The Boston Globe.
^ Barlow, Rich. BU Hockey Icon Jack Parker Retires. BU Today, 2013-02-12.
^ "Parker, Wilson lead U.S. Hockey HOF class". 19 June 2017.
^ "2013–14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

External links

Boston University profile Archived 2015-04-14 at the Wayback Machine

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Charlie Holt Jerry York Red Berenson	Spencer Penrose Award 1974–75 1977–78 2008–09	Succeeded by John MacInnes Charlie Holt Wayne Wilson
Preceded by Len Ceglarski Dick Umile Dick Umile Jerry York	Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 1985–86 1991–92 1999–00 2004–05, 2005–06	Succeeded by Bill Riley Jr. Shawn Walsh Paul Pooley Dick Umile
Preceded by Jeff Sauer	Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award 2014	Succeeded by Tim Taylor

[1] Boudette, Neal E. (December 2, 2009). "Losing is H-E-Double Hockey Sticks For Boston's Icy Odd Couple". The Wall Street Journal. p. A1.

[2] Kaminsky, Arthur. Ousted coach is defended in foreign player dispute. New York Times, 1973-12-30.

[3] "Burnside: Brooks' importance goes beyond 'Miracle'". ESPN.com. 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

[4] Concannon, Joe (February 9, 1989). "Parker takes over". The Boston Globe.

[5] Harber, Paul (February 22, 1989). "Parker reshuffles: BU hockey coach relinquishes post as AD". The Boston Globe.

[6] Barlow, Rich. BU Hockey Icon Jack Parker Retires. BU Today, 2013-02-12.

[7] "Parker, Wilson lead U.S. Hockey HOF class". 19 June 2017.

[8] "2013–14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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v t e Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Boston Arena (1918–1971) Walter Brown Arena (1971–2005) Agganis Arena (2005–present)
Head coaches	Edgar Burkhardt (1917–1918) Harold Stuart (1919–1920) John O'Hare (1922–1924) Chippy Gaw (1924–1928) Wayland Vaughan (1928–1940) Syd Borofsky (1940–1941) Wayland Vaughan (1941–1943) Harry Cleverly (1945–1962) Jack Kelley (1962–1972) Leon Abbott (1972–1973) Jack Parker (1973–2013) David Quinn (2013–2018) Albie O'Connell (2018–2022) Jay Pandolfo (2022–present)
Seasons	1917–18 1919–20 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1984) Hockey East (1984–Present)
Rivalries	Boston College Eagles (Green Line Rivalry) Beanpot Maine Black Bears
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders John Cullen (241 Points) Chris Drury (113 Goals) Sean Fields (62 Wins)
National championships	1971 1972 1978 1995 2009
Frozen Four appearances	1950 1951 1953 1960 1966 1967 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2009 2015 2023 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1950 1951 1953 1960 1966 1967 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1984 1986 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2021 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 Hockey East: 1986 1991 1994 1995 1997 2006 2009 2015 2018 2023
Hobey Baker winners	Chris Drury (1998) Matt Gilroy (2009) Jack Eichel (2015)
Boston University Boston, MA

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