Coaches
Norm Parker
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Norm Parker
Played at Eastern Michigan 1960-1963
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Eastern Michigan | Position | OL | not known |
| 1969-1971 | Wake Forest | Position | WR/TE | not known |
| 1972-1976 | Minnesota | Position | DL | not known |
| 1977-1979 | Illinois | Position | OLB | not known |
| 1980-1982 | East Carolina | DC | DC | not known |
| 1983-1987 | Michigan State | Position | OLB | not known |
| 1988-1994 | Michigan State | DC | OLB/DC | not known |
| 1995-1996 | Vanderbilt | Position | LB | not known |
| 1997-1998 | Vanderbilt | DC | DC/LB | Woody Widenhofer |
| 1999-2011 | Iowa | DC | DC/LB✓ | Kirk Ferentz*+ |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Iowa | Defensive coordinator | 73 | 23 | 55 | 12 | 119 |
| 2006 | Iowa | Defensive coordinator | 55 | 32 | 54 | 73 | 119 |
| 2007 | Iowa | Defensive coordinator | 45 | 10 | 26 | 55 | 119 |
| 2008 | Iowa | Defensive coordinator | 14 | 4 | 38 | 45 | 120 |
| 2009 | Iowa | Defensive coordinator | 10 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 120 |
| 2010 | Iowa | Defensive coordinator | 79 | 10 | 80 | 10 | 120 |
| 2011 | Iowa | Defensive coordinator | 76 | 56 | 70 | 79 | 120 |
Worked under
- Woody Widenhofer · Vanderbilt 1997-1998 (DC, Position)
- Kirk Ferentz*+ · Iowa 1999-2011 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Woody Widenhofer · Minnesota 1972 · him Position, them Position
- Glen Mason · Illinois 1977 · him Position, them Position
- Joe Novak · Illinois 1977-1979 · him Position, them Position
- Greg Colby · Illinois 1978-1979 · him Position, them Other
- Lloyd Carr · Illinois 1978-1979 · him Position, them Position
- Steve Axman · Illinois 1979 · him Position, them Other
- Rickey Bustle · East Carolina 1980-1982 · him DC, them Position
- Nick Saban · Michigan State 1983-1987 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ed Warinner · Michigan State 1985-1986 · him Position, them Position
- Morris Watts · Michigan State 1986-1994 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other
- Greg Colby · Michigan State 1987 · him Position, them GA
- Phil Parker · Michigan State 1987 · him Position, them GA
- Mike Denbrock · Michigan State 1988-1989 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Pat Shurmur · Michigan State 1988-1994 · him DC, Position, them GA, Position
- Dan Enos · Michigan State 1991-1993 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Ed Zaunbrecher · Michigan State 1991-1993 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brad Salem · Michigan State 1994 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Woody Widenhofer · Vanderbilt 1995-1998 · him DC, Position, them DC, Head coach
- Bret Bielema* · Iowa 1999-2001 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Chuck Long · Iowa 1999 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Ken O'Keefe · Iowa 1999-2011 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Kirk Ferentz*+ · Iowa 1999-2011 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Phil Parker · Iowa 1999-2011 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Robb Smith · Iowa 1999-2001 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, GA
- William Inge · Iowa 1999-2000 · him DC, Position, them GA, Other
- Darrell Wilson · Iowa 2002-2011 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- David Raih · Iowa 2010-2011 · him DC, Position, them GA