Scott Parkinson (born 27 November 1983) is an English
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
manager and former player who played as a
defender. He is currently the head assistant coach for
Seattle Reign FC
Seattle Reign FC is an American professional soccer team based in Seattle, Washington, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2012, it is one of eight inaugural members of the NWSL. Since June 2024, the Reign ar ...
of the American
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...
(NWSL).
College career
Parkinson was an All-American player for the
USAO Drovers
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) is a public liberal arts college in Chickasha, Oklahoma. It is the only public college in Oklahoma with a strictly liberal arts–focused curriculum and is a member of the Council of Publi ...
men's soccer team.
Club career
Parkinson captained
Oklahoma City FC during their inaugural season in 2013.
Managerial career
Parkinson joined the professional ranks in 2018 as an assistant coach for the NWSL expansion team
Utah Royals FC
The Utah Royals (formerly Utah Royals FC) are an American professional soccer team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion team, ...
. He left for the same position at
Chicago Red Stars
Chicago Stars Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the Chicago metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league as the Chic ...
in 2020.
On 31 August 2021, Parkinson was named the head coach of NWSL team
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Gotham Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sk ...
through 2022.
On 11 August 2022, after a start of the
2022 NWSL regular season, Gotham FC announced that the club and Parkinson had "parted ways" and would seek a new coach for the 2023 season.
Career statistics
Managerial
Personal life
Parkinson is from
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
,
and attended
Wade Deacon High School.
References
External links
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USAO Drovers profile
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1983 births
Living people
English expatriate football managers
English expatriate men's footballers
Gotham FC head coaches
English football managers
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
Utah Royals FC head coaches
National Women's Soccer League head coaches
Utah Royals FC non-playing staff
Chicago Red Stars non-playing staff
Seattle Reign FC non-playing staff
Reading United AC players
Oklahoma City FC (NPSL) players
USL League Two players
National Premier Soccer League players
USAO Drovers men's soccer players
High school soccer coaches in the United States
Footballers from Liverpool
Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles and Lady Eagles soccer
Rogers State Hillcats soccer
Rogers State Hillcats coaches
21st-century English sportsmen