| Clem Parberry | |
| Birth Date: | 30 December 1911 |
| Birth Place: | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Death Place: | McCall, Idaho, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | c. 1930 |
| Player Team2: | Pacific (OR) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1938–1951 |
| Coach Team2: | College of Idaho |
| Coach Years3: | 1953–1956 |
| Coach Team3: | Idaho (freshman) |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1938–1951 |
| Coach Team5: | College of Idaho |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1939–1952 |
| Coach Team7: | College of Idaho |
| Coach Years8: | 1954–1957 |
| Coach Team8: | Idaho |
| Admin Years1: | 1938–1951 |
| Admin Team1: | College of Idaho |
| Overall Record: | 47–34–5 (football) 124–138 (basketball) |
| Championships: | Football 2 NWC (1948–1949) |
| Rank: | Lieutenant commander |
| Battles: | World War II, Korean War |
| Serviceyears: | 1942–46, 1951–53 |
Clement Hughes Parberry (December 30, 1911 – July 11, 1976) was an American coach and athletic administrator in Idaho, at the College of Idaho in Caldwell and the University of Idaho in Moscow.[1]
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Parberry graduated from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.[1] [2] After coaching in Gooding, Idaho, he became the athletic director at the College of Idaho in 1938, and its head coach in football, basketball, and baseball.[3]
Parberry served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.[3] After his second tour ended in 1953, he joined the athletic staff at the University of Idaho as head baseball coach and assistant in football and basketball.[3] [4] Previously, the head basketball coach at UI also led the baseball program, but increasing overlap between the seasons led to his hiring, taking over from Charles Finley.[3]
Parberry led the Vandal baseball program for four seasons,[5] [6] then transferred to the physical education department; and Wayne Anderson succeeded him as head coach.[7] Parberry ran the intramural program and retired from the university in 1975; he and his wife Viola and relocated to McCall, where they had owned and operated summer cabins on Payette Lake for decades. The following summer, Parberry died there of a heart attack at and is buried at the city cemetery.
A scholarship at the University of Idaho in physical education is awarded in his honor.