Jack Parker (ice hockey)
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 11, 1945 Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 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) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1974 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1975 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1976 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1976 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1977 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1978 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1978 NCAA National Championship 1984 ECAC Hockey East Region Champion 1986 Hockey East Tournament Champion 1991 Hockey East Tournament Champion 1994 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 1994 Hockey East Tournament Champion 1995 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 1995 Hockey East Tournament Champion 1995 NCAA National Champion 1996 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 1997 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 1997 Hockey East Tournament Champion 1998 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2000 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2006 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2006 Hockey East Tournament Champion 2009 Hockey East Regular Season Champion 2009 Hockey East Tournament Champion 2009 NCAA National Champion |
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| Awards | |
| 1975 Spencer Penrose Award 1978 Spencer Penrose Award 1986 Hockey East Coach of the Year 1992 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 1994 Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame 2000 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2005 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2006 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2009 Spencer Penrose Award 2014 Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey Award Beanpot Hall of Fame |
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| Records | |
| Most Wins One School: (897) Most Losses One School: (472; D-I) Most Ties One School: (115) Most Ties: (115) Most NCAA Tournament Appearances: (24) Most Beanpot Victories: (21) Most Frozen Four Appearances: (13) Most Hockey East Regular Season titles: (8) Most consecutive Beanpot Victories: (6) Most consecutive Hockey East Regular Season titles: (5) Most consecutive ECAC tournament titles: (4-tied) |
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Jack Parker (born March 11, 1945) is the former 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.
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 current coach, Jerry York, while York was at BC and in high school.
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 retired, 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.
He entered the 2011–12 season with an overall record of 876–456–113 (.645). He is only the third coach to top 800 wins, and the first to do it with one team. His 876 wins are far and away the most in BU history, and the most for any collegiate coach at one school. He ranks second in total wins among active coaches, and third overall, behind only Jerry York and retired Coach Ron Mason. Jack 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. On April 11, 2009, Parker won his 30th NCAA tournament game and third team national title.
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