The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- parker33@uab.edu
- Alma Mater:
- Louisiana Tech '07
- Experience:
- 3rd Season
Terry Parker enters his third season at UAB.
Parker joined the UAB men’s basketball staff in July 2020. He comes to UAB bringing over 10 years of coaching experience after spending the previous six seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana State. Additionally, he has had stops at Utah Valley, and Nicholls State.
While at ISU, Parker coached 14 All-Missouri Valley Conference played a total of 17 times including 2015 MVC Freshman of the Year Brenton Scott.
Parker came to Indiana State for Utah Valley State, where he guided the Wolverines to a 20-12 overall record, 13-3 in the Western Athletic Conference in 2014-15. UVU was the WAC regular season champions in their first year in the league and recorded their first NIT appearance in school history.
Prior to Utah Valley, Parker served as an assistant coach at Nicholls State for four seasons (2010-14) after four years as a NCAA Division I player.
Parker began his Division I career at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where he played for two seasons before transferring to Louisiana Tech for his junior and senior seasons. In 2005-06, Parker was part of a LATech squad that went 20-13 overall and 11-5 in the WAC and earned a trip to the National Invitational Tournament in his junior year.
After graduation, Parker remained in Ruston, working with the Bulldog coaching staff in a support capacity.
Parker was married in the summer of 2017 to his wife Stacy.
