Troy has hired former Notre Dame offensive coordinator Gerad Parker to be its next head coach, it announced on Monday.
Parker comes from the Fighting Irish program where he spent the past two seasons, including this past fall as the Trojans’ play caller. Troy went 11-2 and won the Sun Belt Championship.
“Gerad Parker is a proven winner with an infectious personality and passion for success who has significant experience at some of the best programs in America,” Troy athletics director Brent Jones stated in a release. “He competed in the SEC as a player, has been a recruiting coordinator in the Big Ten and has coordinated highly productive offenses in the Big 12 and now at Notre Dame. He has an extremely diverse background that spans from coaching in high school, the FCS and throughout FBS in the SEC, American, Big Ten, Sun Belt, ACC and Big 12. He understands the commitment to excellence that we have at Troy University and embraces the total student-athlete experience. His proven pedigree will maintain our status as the leader in the Sun Belt Conference and the Group of Five. Gerad’s energy and dedication to building relationships with the community, fans and student-athletes will resonate with all of Trojan Nation.”
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Under Parker’s leadership, Notre Dame finished with the No. 8 scoring offense in college football last season. The Fighting Irish averaged 39.1 points per game.
Parker previously spent the 2020-21 seasons at West Virginia as the program’s offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. His previous coaching stops include Penn State, Duke, Purdue, Marshall, UT Martin and Kentucky.
