Bruce Parkhill

Bruce Parkhill

Personal information
Born	(1949-06-06) June 6, 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
High school	State College (State College, Pennsylvania)
College	Lock Haven (1968–1971)
NBA draft	1971: undrafted
Career history
As coach:
1972–1974	Virginia (graduate assistant)
1974–1977	William & Mary (assistant)
1977–1983	William & Mary
1983–1995	Penn State
2000–2002	Ohio State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
ECAC South Coach of the Year (1983) Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (1990)

Bruce Parkhill (born June 16, 1949) is a former head college men's basketball coach whose stops included William & Mary (1977–1983) and Penn State (1983–1995).

His 1990–91 Nittany Lions won the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament and stunned UCLA, 74–69, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at the Syracuse Carrier Dome

Parkhill's efforts assembled a team that's generally regarded as one of the best in the history of the program, though he resigned Sept. 6, 1995 just before what proved to be a memorable season. The 1995–96 Nittany Lions, led by Jerry Dunn and assistants Ed DeChellis (now head coach at Navy) and Frank Haith (now head coach at Tulsa), started 13–0 (ranked as high as No. 9 in AP poll), moved from Rec Hall to the Bryce Jordan Center, finished tied for second in the Big Ten, the school's highest placing ever, but were upset as a 5-seed in the NCAA first round by Arkansas.

Parkhill guided Penn State to four straight 20-win seasons before starting play in the Big Ten in 1992–93. All 43 seniors who played for him at Penn State did graduate.

His father, Will, lettered for the Nittany Lion basketball team in 1948. A 1967 State College Area High School graduate, Parkhill lettered in three sports at Lock Haven University before graduating in 1971. Aside from his participation in basketball, Parkhill was a goalie on the Lock Haven soccer team and was a conference champion for the track and field team in the javelin throw. His younger brother, Barry Parkhill, was a basketball standout at the University of Virginia.

Later in his career, Parkhill served as an assistant coach at Ohio State University and earlier as a head coach for the William & Mary Tribe.

His tenure at William & Mary was fairly successful. Bruce guided the Indians (W&M's official mascot at the time) to an 89–75 (54.3%) overall record between 1977 and 1983. On December 7, 1977, William & Mary upset second-ranked North Carolina 78–75, in Williamsburg. The 1982–83 season saw W&M go 9–0 in conference play to win the ECAC South regular season championship. .

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
William & Mary Tribe (Independent) (1977–1979)
1977–78	William & Mary	16–10
1978–79	William & Mary	9–17
William & Mary Tribe (ECAC South) (1979–1983)
1979–80	William & Mary	12–15
1980–81	William & Mary	16–12	6–4	4th
1981–82	William & Mary	16–12	6–5	4th
1982–83	William & Mary	20–9	9–0	1st	NIT Opening Round
William & Mary:		89–75	23–10
Penn State Nittany Lions (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1983–1991)
1983–84	Penn State	5–22	3–15	10th
1984–85	Penn State	8–19	4–14	9th
1985–86	Penn State	12–17	5–13	T–8th
1986–87	Penn State	15–12	9–9	T–4th
1987–88	Penn State	13–14	9–9	T–4th
1988–89	Penn State	20–12	12–6	4th	NIT Second Round
1989–90	Penn State	25–9	13–5	2nd	NIT Final Four, 3rd Place
1990–91	Penn State	21–11	10–8	T–3rd	NCAA Second Round
Penn State Nittany Lions (Independent) (1991–1992)
1991–92	Penn State	21–8			NIT Opening Round
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference) (1992–1995)
1992–93	Penn State	7–20	2–16	10th
1993–94	Penn State	13–14	6–12	8th
1994–95	Penn State	21–11	9–9	7th	NIT Final Four, 3rd Place
Penn State:		181–169	89–120
Total:		268–241
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion