Bio

The 2022 Simpson football season will mark Brent Parrott's 12th as an assistant football coach for the Storm and his 25th year coaching overall. Coach Parrott began his coaching career at Simpson on Jim Williams staff from 1997-2001, working with both safeties and outside linebackers during that stretch.

In 2002, Parrott made the move from college to high school football, serving as Hoover High School’s defensive coordinator. From there he coached at Martensdale-St Marys High School in the same capacity from 2003-2008, later becoming MSTM's head coach from 2009-2015. In that 13-year time spam, the program made the playoffs four times and developed 17 all-state players.

Coach Parrott returned to the Simpson staff in 2016. In his most recent stretch as the safeties coach, he has had seven players receive all-conference honors and one earn both all-region and All-American recognition. 

Parrott began his college playing career at Graceland University and later transferred to Simpson College in 1995. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1998. A two-time All-IIAC player at safety, Parrott helped the Storm to a perfect 10-0 regular season in 1996, while earning American Football Coaches Association All-American First Team honors and Hewlett-Packard All-American Third Team honors. In 1997, he participated in the first annual DIII All-Star Classic in New Jersey. Coach Parrott was inducted as a member of the Simpson College Hall of Fame in 2013.

Brent currently is a middle school teacher for Des Moines Public Schools. He and his wife Jaime reside in Indianola. They have four children: Madison, Anna, Emma, and Connor.