Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball
Head Coach Norm Parrish Head Coach Norm Parrish enters into his 19th season as the head coach of the SLCC Bruins. He is two games shy of winning 400 games in his career at Salt Lake. In 2009 the team won SLCC first ever National Championship along with the second consecutive Region 18 Championship. Coach Parrish was named NJCAA Division One Coach of the Year. Under his stewardship he has had 10 NJCAA All American and has had 19 NJCAA Academic All- Americans. In 2008 Coach Parrish guided the Bruins to a 1st place finish in the Region 18 tournament and a 2nd place finish at the NJCAA national tournament. The five-time Region 18 Coach of the Year led the Bruins to the 2000 SWAC regular season championship. In just his third season as head coach in 1994, Parrish steered the Bruins to the Region 18 tournament title and a fifth place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament. A lot of the successes under Coach Parrish have been attributed to his philosophy of team play. Through commitment to each team member, hard work, mental and physical toughness, SLCC has earned the respect for their tenacity and has become a national force. Over 200 players have worn the Bruin uniform under Parrish since he became the head coach in 1991, and 80 of those have moved on to the NCAA Division I ranks, with several now playing professionally overseas as well as in the NBA. During his tenure, 19 players have been named NJCAA All-Americans and 24 have been Academic All-Americans. Parrish has recruited and coached players from all over the United States and many foreign countries. Players have come from Greece, England, Turkey, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil, Russia, Serbia, and the West African countries of Senegal, Cameroon, and Ivory Coast. Returned LDS missionaries are also an integral part of his recruiting process. “The returned missionaries have a unique perspective on life and a level of maturity that is advantageous." Prior to coming to Salt Lake, Parrish was an assistant to the late Lynn Archibald at the University of Utah in 1988-89. Prior to his time at Utah, Parrish was an assistant at Nampa High School in Nampa Idaho, coaching football and basketball. Parrish played collegiately at Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho and then at Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho receiving All-Region honors at both institutions. Parrish attended Viewmont High School in Bountiful, UT where he received All-State honors in football and basketball. When not in the gym, Norm and his wife Kaye enjoy spending time with their three sons Travis (19) serving an LDS mission in Singapore, Matt (16) and Collin (12). All three sons are very active in multiple sports. As a family they enjoy traveling, water skiing and camping. |
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Todd Phillips spent the last eight years as the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Westminster College and has been named to the same position at Salt Lake Community College. “Todd is a proven coach with a successful program at Westminster College," said Bruin Head Coach Norm Parrish. “He has recruited the state of Utah as well as anyone.” Phillips began his tenure as assistant men’s basketball coach at Westminster College in 2000. Phillips served as the men’s JV head coach from 2003-2004 where the team had a 13-6 record. During which his team ended with a 13-6 record. In his last season with the program (2007-2008) Phillips helped to guide the team to a 20-7. The Westminster Griffins also made it to the NAIA National Championship four years. Other duties that Phillips held at Westminster included game preparation and recruitment of players from junior colleges and high schools. |
