Curtis Parker | |
Birth Date: | 1901 |
Birth Place: | Wilmar, Arkansas, U.S. |
Death Date: | (aged) |
Death Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1924–1925 |
Player Team2: | Arkansas |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1923–1924 |
Player Team4: | Arkansas |
Player Years5: | 1925–1926 |
Player Team5: | Arkansas |
Player Positions: | End (football) Guard (basketball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1926–1928 |
Coach Team2: | Centenary (freshmen) |
Coach Years3: | 1929–1933 |
Coach Team3: | Centenary (AHC) |
Coach Years4: | 1934–1939 |
Coach Team4: | Centenary |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1927–1939 |
Coach Team6: | Centenary |
Admin Years1: | 1934–1940 |
Admin Team1: | Centenary |
Overall Record: | 37–27–6 (football) 140–82 (basketball) |
Awards: | Football All-Southwest (1925) |
Curtis Parker (1901 – April 19, 1982) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1934 to 1939, compiling a record of 37–27–6.[1] He was also the head basketball coach at Centenary from 1927 to 1939, tallying a mark of 140–82.[2] [3]
Parker was born in 1901 in Wilmar, Arkansas and was raised in Oklahoma. He died on April 19, 1982, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[4] [5]