John Ed Parchman (born ) is a former

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coach.

High school coaching career

Parchman coached highly successfully for 20 years in West Texas

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. As head coach at

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in Wolfforth, Socorro High School in

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in Llano and Lee High School in Midland he amassed a 152–73–1 coaching record. While at Midland Lee, he compiled an 88–23–1 record in nine years, and led the Rebels with

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to three consecutive state championships (1998–2000) in the largest classification. They were the only 5A team in Texas high school football history to “three-peat” until Southlake Carroll High School match this feat in 2006. In 1999 Parchman was named National High School Coach of the Year by ''

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''.

College coaching career

After head coaching the Midland Lee Rebels he went to head coach

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parchman, John Year of birth missing (living people) 1940s births Living people Cisco Wranglers football coaches Cisco Wranglers football players High school football coaches in Texas