Episode 161: Coach Keith Parsons (Head Boy's Basketball coach Hamlet Middle School) Hamlet, NC (The "System" Series)

He's a former sports writer now working as a banker. That make sense? His father was the late, great Benny Parsons, 1973 NASCAR Cup champ and winner of the 1975 Daytona 500. He also dabbled in TV when he retired. He's married to the beautiful Colleen, and have two wonderful children, Emily and Libbie. He Worked in journalism for 14 years after graduating from Elon University in 1992. Six years with The Associated Press, first in Atlanta then Raleigh, NC. Left that in 2006 to move back to his hometown to work as a banker, which he did for 12 years. All the while he kept in touch with basketball through coaching his daughters and refereeing. And he followed Grinnell and all the other teams who ran The System. In 2015, the coach of the local high school, Richmond County Senior High in Rockingham, NC, asked him to volunteer as an assistant to help him run The System in with his team. He did it for two years before he retired, compiling a record of 38-16. He set or helped set five NC prep records in that time. He retired, and the new coach didn't want to run The System. So he missed a year and finally decided he had to get back in coaching. He quit his banking job to enter the teaching profession. He's teaching in the Business Department at Richmond Senior High and coach girls' and boys' golf there, and he coaches boys' basketball at Hamlet Middle School. He's been doing this for two years. [email protected] @kp2world