The news came as a shock to Parker, who amassed 897 wins and three national championships in 40 seasons behind the bench at ...

Parker, who amassed 897 wins and three national championships in 40 seasons behind the bench at BU before retiring in 2013, had been overlooked. Then Bernie Corbett got involved.

Take a good long look at Jack Parker, Boston sports fans, and remember him. Because it’s unlikely you’ll ever again see a coach in this town who stays on the job as long as Somerville Jack did.

When John Silber took over as president of Boston University in February 1971, the men’s hockey team was readying to be on top of the college hockey world. Under the tutelage of then-head coach Jack ...

When Boston University hired Jack Parker as its head hockey coach in 1973, Parker had a memorable chat with his ex-college coach about the position. “When I got the job, my former coach Jack ...

Parker was offered his first pro coaching gig in the mid-1970s by his old friend, and ex-BU head coach, Jack Kelley, who served as the first coach of the New England Whalers of the World Hockey ...

Jack Parker always made me laugh. Sometimes he meant to make me laugh. Sometimes he didn’t. I mentioned that to Jack’s daughter, Dianne Schramm, on Tuesday morning, and she laughed.