Eagle Cross-Country/Track Coach

Paul Parent has spent a lifetime coaching cross-country and track & field.  He began his coaching career in Broken Arrow in 1966.  He has also coached at Verdigris High School, Perry, High School, Putnam City West High School, and Heritage Hall High School.  In 1979, he was named the Head Cross-Country/Track Coach at University of Central Oklahoma where he coached until 2001.  Paul received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Northeastern Oklahoma State University. 

 Coach Parent landed at SCU in the fall of 2004. He was hired by SCU to start and build the institutions first cross-country & track and field program.  Coach Parent now enters his fifth season at the helm and is beginning to see the fruits of his labor. Not only is the program growing, gaining strength, and receiving notoriety, but in the spring of 2007 the ladies team finished 9^th at the NCCAA national track & field championships. He also developed his first national champion in SCU history.

 SCU is very fortunate to have a man of this caliber leading the track program. He brings and incredible amount of experience and does a wonderful job of teaching the track athletes about life. Coach Parent is married to Pat Parent and they have three wonderful children who all teach and coach in the state of Oklahoma.