United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

Chris begins his sixth season as head coach soccer coach at Coast Guard.

Parsons has a five-year record of 40-38-15 and has led the Bears to postseason play in three of his six seasons (2003, 2004 and 2006) after Coast Guard had not played in the postseason since 1998.

Parsons was the head coach at Vassar College for five years (1997-2001) where he compiled a 40-37-5 record including back-to-back ECAC Tournament berths in 1997 and 1998 and a berth to the NCAA Tournament in 1999.

Prior to Vassar, Parsons was the head coach at Champlain College, a junior college in Vermont from 1993-1996. His team won the 1996 NJCAA Region III Championship. In 1995, he was named the NJCAA Region III Coach of the Year as his team was the Region III runners-up. He had a four-year record of 44-20-4 at Champlain College.

Chris was an NSCAA first-team All-America at Middlebury College where he earned a degree in Economics. He earned a Master’s Degree in Sports Management at UMass in 1990.