"Norm Parker" was an American football Coach (sport)/coach. He is best known for being the defensive coordinator of the Iowa Hawkeyes football/Iowa Hawkeyes from 1999 to 2011. He also was a coach at Eastern Michigan Eagles football/Eastern Michigan, Wake Forest Demon Deacons football/Wake Forest, Minnesota Golden Gophers football/Minnesota, Illinois Fighting Illini football/Illinois, East Carolina Pirates football/East Carolina, Michigan State Spartans football/Michigan State and Vanderbilt Commodores football/Vanderbilt. In 2011 he was the AFCA Coach of the Year#Assistant Coach of the Year Award/AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year.

He died in 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospital, aged 72.

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That's the way college football is. They come and they go. You have to learn to live without them. It's nice if you have guys behind them. They know what they're doing. Now will they be as good as those other guys? That's the question.

It's almost like thinking of twins.

I think that when he had his day down here (in Iowa City), he proved to everybody what he has. I see the guy run every day. I know he can run. I think when the scouts came here, they saw what they thought they knew - that this guy can run.

The only thing I've ever told myself is I would never do this just to have a job. If I lost my competitiveness . . . then I wouldn't insult the game by (sticking around). But I enjoy being around the kids. I'm having a good time right now.

It's fun. If I (ever) think, 'Oh God, I've got to go to work today,' I'd hang it up. Being involved with young kids, I think it definitely (does do) something for you. I'd rather do that than go play bingo or something.