 The younger Parrott graduated from the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton, in 1888, and was head of the preparatory department of Miami University from 1888-1890.At Miami, he was considered part of the "dude faculty" of young eastern professors brought to the school upon its reopening after a twelve-year hiatus.He is one of the men credited with bringing football to Miami where intercollegiate play began in 1888 against the University of Cincinnati.