Samantha Parker is in her first season as an assistant coach at Northwestern State,
Parker has two seasons of Division I assistant coaching experience at Austin Peay State before being involved with the nationally ranked Southern Methodist program this past spring.
At SMU, Parker proved invaluable as a summer camp organizer while also assisting in recruiting, practice and game-day operations as a volunteer assistant.
In two seasons with Austin Peay, Parker aided the Governors to 18 victories. APSU reached the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship in 2016, falling in penalty kicks as the Governors nearly received the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Parker got her coaching start as an assistant at Division III University of the Ozarks (Ark.) in 2014.
She has a level three certification in goalkeeping from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
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