Add to ORKGSpringfield College released this edition of Sports News on February 20, 1990. The article discusses the retirement of Coach Douglas E. Parker, Jr., in the upcoming spring. The release provides quotes from other coaches and players describing his achievements. As a coach at Springfield College from 1951 to 1990, Parker compiled a career record of 518-169-11. In his thirty-five years as head coach at Springfield College, he never had a losing season and was named New England “Coach of the Year” three times. Parker won twenty-one New England titles in his twenty-three years in the league and produced twenty-four All-Americans, including 1984 Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick. His wrestling team won the 1979 and 1980 NCAA Division II Easter...