Paul Barbour "Shorty" Parker (July 9, 1898 – March 12, 1960) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—renamed Ball State Teachers College in 1929 and now known as Ball State University—from 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 3–9–2. Parker was also the head basketball coach at Ball State from 1925 to 1930, tallying a mark of 55–34. Early life and college career Parker was born in 1898, in Greentown, Indiana, to Edmund L. and Elizabeth Parker. He attended school in Kokomo, Indiana, graduating from Kokomo High School in 1917. Parker served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army during World War I, before attending Indiana University. Death Parker died on March 12, 1960, in Springfield, Ohio. Head coaching record Football References External links 1898 births 1960 deaths American men's basketball players United States Army personnel of World War I Ball State Cardinals football coaches Ball State Cardinals men's basketball coaches Baseball players from Indiana Basketball coaches from Indiana Basketball players from Indiana Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players People from Greentown, Indiana People from Kokomo, Indiana Players of American football from Indiana United States Army soldiers