Former Kentucky wide receiver Gerad Parker (2000-04) is set to become the new head coach at Troy.
Parker worked this season as offensive coordinator at Notre Dame. Last season he was tight ends coach for the Fighting Irish. Previously, he spent time in various assistant coaching roles at Purdue, West Virginia, Duke and Penn State.
Parker will replace former Kentucky assistant Jon Sumrall at Troy. Sumrall took the head coaching job at Tulane after back-to-back Sun Belt Conference championships at Troy.
Here is an excerpt from ESPN:
Notre Dame offensive coordinator Gerad Parker is set to become the next coach at Troy, sources told ESPN. A deal is expected to be finalized and announced Monday, per sources.
Parker is a veteran coach who has served as Purdue’s interim coach and has been an assistant coach at places such as Penn State, West Virginia and Duke.
Parker has a similar background and personality traits to the past two coaches to have success at Troy — Neal Brown and Jon Sumrall. Parker played at Kentucky with both of them and worked with Brown for two years as an assistant at West Virginia.
He’ll replace Sumrall, who won back-to-back Sun Belt titles before leaving for Tulane recently. Sumrall went 23-4 in his two seasons at Troy.
