| Paul B. Parker | |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Greentown, Indiana, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Springfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Basketball |
| Player Years2: | 1922–1925 |
| Player Team2: | Indiana |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1923–1925 |
| Player Team4: | Indiana |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1928–1929 |
| Coach Team2: | Ball State Teachers |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1925–1930 |
| Coach Team4: | Ball State Teachers |
| Overall Record: | 3–9–2 (football) 55–34 (basketball) |
Paul Barbour "Shorty" Parker (July 9, 1898 – March 12, 1960)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—renamed Ball State Teachers College in 1929 and now known as Ball State University—from 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 3–9–2. Parker was also the head basketball coach at Ball State from 1925 to 1930, tallying a mark of 55–34.
Parker was born in 1898, in Greentown, Indiana, to Edmund L. and Elizabeth Parker. He attended school in Kokomo, Indiana, graduating from Kokomo High School in 1917. Parker served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army during World War I, before attending Indiana University.[2]
Parker died on March 12, 1960, in Springfield, Ohio.[3]