Introduction
Garry Parker (born 7 September 1965) is an English former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant coach at Scottish Championship club Hibernian.
As a player he was a midfielder from 1983 to 2001, notably in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Leicester City. He also played for Luton Town and Hull City.
He was capped by his country at under-21 and B international level. In 2001 he became caretaker manager of Leicester City.
Club career
Parker initially played in Division one (now Premier League) for Luton Town before moving to Hull City. He then joined Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest in 1988. In three seasons there he made played in numerous finals at Wembley Stadium. With team mates such as Stuart Pearce and Des Walker he collected winners medals in the 1989 and 1990 League Cup Finals. He also won the 1989 Full Members Cup at Wembley in which he scored twice in the final against Everton. He collected a runners up medal from the 1991 FA Cup Final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
Parker left Forest to join Aston Villa in 1991. Villa won the League Cup in 1994 but Parker didn't play in the final. He was at Villa for four seasons before dropping down a division to join Leicester City. At the end of his first season at Leicester the club were promoted back to the top flight after winning the play offs. Parker scored Leicester's equaliser in the play off final against Crystal Palace. Parker was named as the club's player of the season.
Parker's last game for Leicester was on 30 January 1999 at Middlesbrough.
International career
He played for England at B level.
Coaching career
On 1 July 2010, the new Celtic manager Neil Lennon appointed Parker, a former team-mate at Leicester City, as a first team coach at Celtic.
On 12 October 2014, he joined Bolton Wanderers as First Team Coach, linking up once again with former Celtic colleagues Neil Lennon and Johan Mjällby. On 14 April 2016, he left his position at Bolton along with Steve Walford following the club's relegation from the Championship.
Parker was appointed assistant coach at Hibernian on 8 June 2016, again teaming up with Lennon.
Honours
Nottingham Forest:- League Cup - winner 1989, 1990 Full Members Cup - winner - 1989
Leicester City:- English First Division play off winner - 1996 Leicester City Player of the year - 1996 FA Cup runner up - 1991