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Parker named Region Football Coach of the Year

Bob Bakken

Northwest Mississippi Community College football coach Benjy Parker has been named the NJCAA Region 23 Football Coach of the Year. 

Parker led the Rangers to its second straight Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference championship last fall, leading Northwest to a 9-3 record.  The Rangers have won 11 conference championships and three since 2015. Northwest took part in the first NJCAA Division I Football Playoffs this fall.  Under Parker, the Rangers won the 2020 National Championship and his all-time winning percentage of .774 is the highest all-time among Northwest coaches. 

The full news release about this week’s announcement is found on the NWCC Rangers website. 

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Bob Bakken

Bob Bakken provides content for DeSoto County News and its social media channels. He is an award-winning broadcaster, along with being a reporter and photographer, and has done sports media relations work with junior and minor league hockey teams. Along with his reports on this website, you will find this veteran media member providing sports updates and high school football play-by-play on Rebel 95.3 FM Radio.

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