Charlie Parker (basketball)

Charlie Parker (born December 25, 1948) is an American basketball coach, formerly the head coach for Taiwan men's national basketball team in FIBA Asia.

Charlie Parker

Personal information
Born	(1948-12-25) December 25, 1948 (age 76)
Nationality	American
Career information
College	Findlay (?–1972) Bowling Green State (1972–1974)
Coaching career	1972–present
Career history
As coach:
1972–1976	Findlay (assistant)
1976–1982	Bowling Green State (assistant)
1982–1988	Wayne State
1988–1994	Southern California (assistant)
1994–1996	Southern California
1996–2005	Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
2006–2010	New Orleans Hornets (assistant)
2010–2011	Foshan Dralions (assistant)
2011–2013	Al-Muharraq
2013–2014	Texas Legends (assistant)
2014–2015	Gunma Crane Thunders
2016–2017	Chinese Taipei Universiade
2018–2022	Chinese Taipei

Coaching career

Parker was head coach for Taiwan's national basketball team from 2018 to 2022. Parker was an assistant coach for the New Orleans Hornets from 2006 to 2010. His previous coaching position was at the Dallas Mavericks, where he was an assistant coach for ten seasons (1996–2005). Prior to that, he coached the USC Trojans. Parker was head coach at Wayne State from 1982 to 1988. Prior to that, he coached at Bowling Green and his alma mater, University of Findlay.

Head coaching record

Legend

Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Gunma Crane Thunders	2014–15	52	19	33	.365	8th in Eastern	2	0	2	.000	Lost in 1st round