Deneen Parker - Women's Basketball Coach - University of Houston Athletics

Deneen Parker

Position:
Assistant Coach

Parker joins the Cougars after spending the 2019-20 season as an Assistant Coach as Indiana State. Prior to her time with the Sycamores, Parker spent three seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Northwestern State where she worked primarily with the post players, helping develop Victoria Miller into a Second Team Academic All-Southland selection and then freshman RaVon Nero into Northwestern State’s fifth highest freshman scorer in program history.

Parker has Texas ties after spending 21 seasons on the bench at SMU where she helped coach the Mustangs to five NCAA Tournament appearances (1996,1998, 1999, 2000, 2008). With Parker on the staff, SMU won the Western Athletic Conference regular-season title in 2000 and the C-USA regular-season titles in 2009 and 2013.

A graduate of Stephen F. Austin, Parker enjoyed a decorated collegiate career as a two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year and two-time District VI Kodak All-American. Parker helped the Ladyjacks to four consecutive SLC titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. She was inducted into the Stephen F. Austin Hall of Fame in 2010.

Following her collegiate career, Parker was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the 1991 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival and played professionally for sixth months in Luxembourg and Germany.

Deneen resides in Houston with her wife Danielle Webber-Parker and dog Laker.