title: Paul B. Parker
text: # Paul B. Parker
  
  Paul Barbour "Shorty" Parker (July 9, 1898 – March 12, 1960) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—renamed Ball State Teachers College in 1929 and now known as Ball State University—from 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 3–9–2. Parker was also the head basketball coach at Ball State from 1925 to 1930, tallying a mark of 55–34.
  
  ## Early life and college career
  
  Parker was born in 1898, in Greentown, Indiana, to Edmund L. and Elizabeth Parker. He attended school in Kokomo, Indiana, graduating from Kokomo High School in 1917. Parker served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army during World War I, before attending Indiana University.
  
  ## Death
  
  Parker died on March 12, 1960, in Springfield, Ohio.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ball Teachers Hoosieroons / Ball State Cardinals (Independent) (1928–1929) ||||||
  | 1928 | Ball Teachers | 3–2–2 |
  | 1929 | Ball State | 0–7 |
  | Ball State Teachers / Ball State: | Ball State Teachers / Ball State: | 3–9–2 |
  | Total: | Total: | 3–9–2 |
  