Sean Parrish

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Sean Parrish
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-03-14) 14 March 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Wrexham, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shrewsbury Town (first-team coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1992 Shrewsbury Town 3 (1)
1992–1994 Telford United 90 (7)
1994–1996 Doncaster Rovers 66 (8)
1996–2000 Northampton Town 108 (42)
2000–2002 Chesterfield 55 (11)
2002–2004 Kidderminster Harriers 56 (8)
2004–2006 AFC Telford United 79 (7)
Total457(84)
Managerial career
2006 AFC Telford United (caretaker manager)
2010–? Northampton Town (academy manager)
2012–2017 Wolverhampton Wanderers (youth coach)
2017–2018 AFC Telford United (assistant manager)
2018–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 (assistant)
2023– Shrewsbury Town (first-team coach)
2024 Shrewsbury Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sean Parrish (born 14 March 1972) is a Welsh footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the first-team coach at Shrewsbury Town.

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He played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town, Doncaster Rovers, Northampton Town, Chesterfield and Kidderminster Harriers. He won promotion from the fourth tier with Northampton in 1997 and Chesterfield in 2001.

As a coach, Parrish held positions at his former clubs Shrewsbury Town and AFC Telford United, including as caretaker manager at both. He also worked for several years in the youth ranks of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Playing career

Parrish began his career at Shrewsbury Town but played only a handful of games before joining non-league club Telford United. He moved to Doncaster Rovers in 1994 before joining Northampton Town two years later, for a fee of £35,000. [2]

On 11 May 1997, Parrish scored the only goal of a Division Three play-off semi-final away to Cardiff City, advancing down the centre of the pitch from inside his own half before executing a lob over Steve Williams. [3] Thirteen days later he played in the final, won by a single goal against another Welsh club Swansea City. [4] He was part of the team that reached the Division Two play-off final the following season.

He then joined Chesterfield in 2000, where he won promotion in his first season but was limited by injury in his second. [2] In 2002, he turned down a one-year extension at the Spireites to join Kidderminster Harriers on a two-year deal as manager Ian Britton's first signing. [2]

Parrish joined the reformed AFC Telford United in 2004. In his first season back at the New Bucks Head, he scored the winning goal against Kendal Town in the playoff final to achieve promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division. He captained the club, made 115 appearances across both entities, and was inducted into the Bucks Hall of Fame in 2010. [5]

Coaching career

Parrish was the caretaker manager at AFC Telford United in 2006, between the tenures of Bernard McNally and Rob Smith. [6] In 2010, he was academy head at Northampton Town. [5] He returned to AFC Telford United in 2017 as assistant manager on a voluntary basis, serving under his cousin Rob Edwards. [7] [8]

After spending five years as an assistant manager at Wolverhampton Wanderers under-23 side, Parrish returned to Shrewsbury Town as first-team coach under head coach Matt Taylor in July 2023. [9] When Paul Hurst was sacked on 3 November 2024, Parrish assumed the role of caretaker head coach for the first team; [8] he lost away to relegation rivals Burton Albion in EFL League One and to Walsall in the EFL Trophy before the appointment of Gareth Ainsworth. [10] [11]

Personal life

Parrish is the cousin of fellow former footballer and coach Rob Edwards. [12]

Honours

Northampton Town

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "SEAN PARRISH - Midfield. 14/3/72. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 14". Worcester News. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Todwell, Jeff (11 May 1997). "Football: Northampton are inspired by Parrish". The Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 Fox, Norman (25 May 1997). "Football: Swansea run over by Frain". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 "AFC Telford United honour for Sean Parrish". BBC Sport. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Rob Smith: Time right to leave AFC Telford". Shropshire Star. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Cox, Lewis (12 July 2017). "AFC Telford bring in Sean Parrish as assistant manager". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Shrewsbury Town interim boss Sean Parrish seeks advice from cousin and Luton boss Rob Edwards". Shropshire Star. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Drury, Jonny (28 July 2023). "Former Wolves coach Sean Parrish joins Shrewsbury Town coaching staff". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Sean Parrish on another poor day for Shrewsbury Town". Shropshire Star. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Westbury, Ollie (12 November 2024). "Sean Parrish on Shrewsbury Town's search for a new head coach". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town interim boss Sean Parrish seeks advice from cousin and Luton boss Rob Edwards". Shropshire Star. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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