Matt Parker has 9 years experience as a boys head cross-country coach in Indiana. He has coached at Warsaw (1999), Fort Wayne Snider (2000-2005), and Fort Wayne Northrop (2007-2008). His athletes have combined for 35 All-Conference performances and 21 sub-17:00 5K performances. His teams have combined for 6 State Finals appearances with top-10 State finishes in 2004-4th and 2007-8th.
Coach Parker also has 10 years experience as a boys coach in track & field. He was the head coach at Fort Wayne Snider (2001-2005) and an assistant coach at Fort Wayne Elmhurst (1999), and Fort Wayne Northrop (2000, 2007-2009). Currently, Coach Parker is an assistant coach at Leo High School (2014-present). His athletes have combined for 44 sub-5:00 1600 performances. He has coached Conference champions in the 800, 1600, 3200, and 4x800 relay, and State finalists in the 800, 1600, and 4x800 relay.
Coach Parker's Top 5 Performers
800 | 1600 | 3200 | 4x800 | 5K |
1:53.0 | 4:18.78 | 9:42.71 | 7:49.60 | 15:38 |
1:56.54 | 4:23.64 | 9:48.16 | 7:55.09 | 15:40 |
1:57.54 | 4:27.54 | 9:49.53 | 8:02.33 | 16:07 |
1:57.94 | 4:29.74 | 9:54.27 | 8:03.42 | 16:14 |
1:58.44 | 4:32.64 | 9:57.72 | 8:07.96 | 16:14 |
Coach Parker is a Math and Computer Programming teacher in Fort Wayne, IN. He holds a BS in Math Education from Indiana State University, a MEd in Education from Indiana Wesleyan University, and a Computer Science minor from Purdue University-Fort Wayne.