Troy hires Notre Dame OC Parker as head coach

Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 18, 2023, 12:17 PM ET Notre Dame offending coordinator Gerad Parker has actually been called the next head coach at Troy, the school announced Monday.Parker is a veteran coach who has served as Purdue’s interim coach and has been an assistant coach at places such as Penn State, West Virginia and Duke.Parker has a comparable background and personality type to the previous two coaches to have success at Troy– Neal Brown and Jon Sumrall. Parker dipped into Kentucky with both of them and worked with Brown for two years as an assistant at West Virginia.He changes Sumrall, who won back-to-back Sun Belt titles before leaving for Tulane recently. Sumrall went 23-4 in his 2 seasons at Troy.Welcome to the Troy Household, @GeradParker1!-https://t.co/bA6eCjL6HK#OneTROY pic.twitter.com/ttBGpQWCe1!.?.!— Troy Trojans Football 8x

(@TroyTrojansFB )December 18, 2023 Parker is

a high-energy coach who brings a wide swath of experience. Per sources, Troy authorities were drawn in to his background as an offensive coordinator and as a recruiting organizer. He’s the second football hire at Troy for athletic director Brent Jones, who brought in Sumrall.He leaves one of the highest-profile planner jobs in the sport. Notre Dame just landed former Duke star quarterback Riley Leonard in the NCAA transfer portal, which ought to help entice a top coordinator. This will mark Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman’s third offensive organizer in his 3 years at Notre Dame.Troy has actually won or shared 8 Sun Belt titles since 2006. The school is at or near the top of the league in its financial investment in football, which permitted the Trojans to go tempt an organizer from a major-conference school.Troy chancellor Jack Hawkins has actually long focused on sports success– and football financial investment– as critical to the school’s growing profile.Troy will play Duke in the Birmingham Bowl on Saturday.