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Brian Parker begins his sixth season as head coach of the Frostburg State University women's soccer program. The 1992 FSU graduate is the winningest Bobcat women's soccer coach with a 65-29-10 record in his five seasons. FSU has won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in the first four years and an ECAC Tournament appearance in the fifth.
Last season, Parker’s Bobcats finished the season 12-7 overall and undefeated in the AMCC (9-0) for the second time during his tenure. For the fourth-straight season, Frostburg State hosted the AMCC Tournament but was upset in the championship by Penn State Behrend, 2-1. However, FSU reached the postseason for the sixth-straight year, fifth under Parker, when it earned a spot in the ECAC Tournament.
In 2005, Parker continued his successful run at Frostburg State posting a 12-6-2 overall record and an 8-0-1 slate in the AMCC. In the AMCC Tournament, FSU shutout La Roche 4-0 in the semifinal round, and later captured the championship defeating Penn State Behrend, 4-3, in a penalty kick shootout. In the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, the Bobcats fell to No. 12 Denison 2-0.
Parker earned his second straight AMCC Coach of the Year award in 2004 after guiding the Bobcats to a 14-3-3 overall record (at .775 the best winning percentage in program history) and an 8-1 mark in the AMCC. FSU hosted the AMCC Tournament for the second consecutive year and blanked Pitt-Greensburg 2-0 in the semifinals before capturing the conference crown with a thrilling 3-2 double-overtime victory over Penn State Behrend.
For the second consecutive year, the Bobcats squared off with Westminster in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, where the teams battled through two overtimes before the Bobcats pulled out the win with a 5-3 victory in penalty kicks. The Bobcats then dropped a hard-fought 2-1 decision to No. 24 Christopher Newport in the second round.
In his second campaign, Parker was named the AMCC Coach of the Year after leading the Bobcats to a 16-5 overall record (the second-most wins in team history behind the 2001 squad's 17-5 mark) and a perfect 6-0 finish in the AMCC (their first undefeated record in the conference's seven-year existence).
The Bobcats, who set a school record with 12 straight wins, captured their first AMCC regular-season title and hosted the conference tournament for the first time as well. FSU defeated Penn State Behrend 4-2 in the final to win its third straight AMCC crown and earned a third consecutive berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Bobcats were chosen to host an NCAA match for the first time in school history and made the most of the opportunity, defeating Westminster 3-2 for their first NCAA Tournament victory in three tries. FSU turned in another strong performance in the region semifinals but were edged by No. 2 Scranton 1-0.
In his debut season, Parker guided the Bobcats to a 10-8-4 record and the No. 3 seed in the AMCC Tournament. In the semifinals, FSU slipped past No. 3 Pitt-Greensburg 2-1 in overtime and then upset No. 1 La Roche, 3-1 in a shootout, to capture the conference title. The Bobcats earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to Westminster 4-1 in the first round.
Prior to returning to western Maryland, Parker served as head girls soccer coach at Urbana High School in Frederick County, Md., since the school's opening in 1995. He guided the Hawks to an impressive 62-36-6 record and a pair of regional championships during his tenure.
In just his second season at Urbana, Parker was named the Frederick County Coach of the Year after leading a team of freshmen and sophomores to the school's first-ever regional championship crown. The Hawks, who posted winning records in six of Parker's seven years, earned their second regional title in 2001.
Parker is no stranger to FSU, as he was a goalkeeper for the Bobcats from 1987-89. He was a member of two Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament qualifiers, including the 1989 squad that won the ECAC South Region Championship.
Parker then coached the FSU women's soccer team as a club sport from 1990-1992 and received his degree in social sciences with a teaching certification from FSU in 1992. He moved on to West Virginia University where he serve as a graduate assistant for the Mountaineer men's team for two years while earning a master's in political science.
Parker, who has a USSF "B" coaching license as well as an Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA, is on the Maryland Olympic Development Program Staff and recently led the Maryland 1990 Girls team to the Region I Tournament championship. That team eventually won the ODP National Championship in Texas in March 2006.
Parker was also a founder and staff coach with the Frederick United Soccer Club (now FC Frederick) until his return to FSU. He and his wife, Karen, a 1993 FSU graduate and native of Frostburg, have two children — Elise (6) and Matthew (4).
