Doyle Parrack Explained

Doyle Parrack
Birth Date:6 December 1921
Birth Place:Cotton County, Oklahoma, U.S.
Death Place:Perkins, Oklahoma, U.S.
Player Years1:1943–1946
Player Team1:Oklahoma A&M
Player Years2:1946–1947
Player Team2:Chicago Stags
Coach Years1:1947–1955
Coach Team1:Oklahoma City
Coach Years2:1955–1962
Coach Team2:Oklahoma
Coach Years3:1978–1980
Coach Team3:Oklahoma (women's)
Overall Record:208–178
Tournament Record:1–5 (NCAA)

Doyle Kenneth Parrack (December 6, 1921 – September 5, 2008) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

Parrack was born in Cotton County, Oklahoma, and played basketball at Connors Jr. College and Oklahoma A&M University, where the Aggies under coach Henry Iba won an NCAA Championship in 1945. He coached at Shawnee (OK) High School for one year and compiled a 15–12 record. He then returned to the court and played one season of professional basketball for the Chicago Stags of the NBA. Parrack was hired as coach at Oklahoma City University in 1947 and transformed the program from a club team without a campus gymnasium into a national powerhouse. He eventually led the Chiefs to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.

In 1955 he accept the position as head coach of the University of Oklahoma. In 1959 he was named Conference Coach of the Year. In 1962 Parrack returned to his alma mater, where he worked with Coach Iba as an assistant until Iba retired in 1970. Two years later he was hired to build the Israeli national basketball team, and took his team to the playoffs in Germany that same year. In 1978 through 1980 Parrack served as head coach in the University of Oklahoma women's program.

After retiring as an active coach, Parrack served as a probation officer for the Oklahoma City Juvenile Bureau. He was inducted into the Oklahoma City University Sports Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma State University Athletics Hall of Honor and was recognized by Oklahoma City University when the clock tower at the Meinder's School of Business was named in his honor.

Parrack died on September 5, 2008, at his home in Perkins, Oklahoma, at age 86.[1]

BAA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played
 FG% Field-goal percentage
 FT% Free-throw percentage
 APG Assists per game
 PPG Points per game

Regular season

YearTeamGPFG%FT%APGPPG
1946–47Chicago58 .266 .650 .3 4.7
Career58 .266 .650 .3 4.7

Playoffs

YearTeamGPFG%FT%APGPPG
1946–47Chicago7 .000 1.000 .1 .4
Career7 .000 1.000 .1 .4

Head coaching record

Women's college basketball

Notes and References

  1. http://newsok.com/longtime-state-hoops-coach-doyle-parrack-dies/article/3294176 Longtime state hoops coach Doyle Parrack dies