Georgia Tech hiring UAB assistant coach Terry Parker
Georgia Tech coach Damon Stoudamire has completed his coaching staff. Stoudamire hired Alabama-Birmingham assistant coach Terry Parker, according to a person familiar with the situation. Parker has been at UAB for the past three years on the staff of coach Andy Kennedy.
In the past three seasons, the Blazers averaged 26 wins per season, going to the NCAA Tournament in 2022 and reaching the finals of the NIT in 2023. In the 2022-23 season, they were one of only four teams – and one of two in Conference USA – to defeat Final Four-team Florida Atlantic. During Parker’s three seasons, UAB placed five players on the Conference USA all-conference team.
Notably, Parker graduated from Redan High in 2002, starring there before playing at Wisconsin-Green Bay and later at Louisiana Tech. Surely, Parker’s local connection augmented his appeal to Stoudamire. Parker joins two assistants whom Stoudamire has hired, Karl Hobbs (formerly of Rutgers) and Pershin Williams (Kennesaw State).
Before UAB, Parker coached at Indiana State, Utah Valley State and Nicholls State.
About the Author
Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
