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Billy Parker begins his third season on the VMI staff with an expanded role and new position group responsibilities. Parker moves over to the defensive side coaching cornerbacks which returns him to the position of his playing days. He was also promoted to Assistant Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator in March, 2022.
Parker coached the running backs during the spring and fall 2021 seasons which produced a SoCon football title and back-to-back winning seasons. He came to VMI from South Carolina State where he coached tight ends in the 2019 season.
A former defensive back at William & Mary, Parker was a standout defensive back for the Tribe and was named First Team Atlantic 10 All-Conference in 2002 and 2003. After the completion of his college playing career, Parker played in the Arena Football League for the NY Dragons in 2005. Later that year, he became a member of the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers of the National Football League where he remained a member of the Panthers through 2006.
In 2007, Parker returned to the AFL and the NY Dragons and played for two seasons through 2008.
In 2009, he joined the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League where he won two Grey Cups in 2009 and 2010. Throughout his CFL career, he would return home to Richmond during the offseason to coach Arena Football for the Richmond Revolution and the Richmond Raiders. He served as a defensive coordinator, secondary coach and special teams coordinator in this role.
Parker retired from football in 2016 from the Alouettes and was immediately hired to serve as the secondary coach for the team in 2017. During the 2018 season, he served as the secondary coach.
After his time with the Alouettes, Parker was hired by his formr head coach, Mark Trestman, in 2019 to serve as the safeties coach for the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL.
Parker holds a B.A. in Sociology from William & Mary.
“Anybody that has watched Bill Parker work can see why I chose to promote him to Assistant Head Football/Recruiting Coordinator/Cornerbacks Coach,” said head coach Scoot Wachenheim. “Bill has modernized the way our coaches help support our academic programs. He has personalized our recruiting efforts improving our relationships with coaches throughout the county. Coach Parker has the rare trait of seeing something that needs to be done and doing it better than could be imagined.”
