Parker, who amassed 897 wins and three national championships in 40 seasons behind the bench at BU before retiring in 2013, had been overlooked. Then Bernie Corbett got involved.

When John Silber took over as president of Boston University in February 1971, the men’s hockey team was readying to be on top of the college hockey world. Under the tutelage of then-head coach Jack ...

Jack Parker always made me laugh. Sometimes he meant to make me laugh. Sometimes he didn’t. I mentioned that to Jack’s daughter, Dianne Schramm, on Tuesday morning, and she laughed. Dianne ...

Parker was offered his first pro coaching gig in the mid-1970s by his old friend, and ex-BU head coach, Jack Kelley, who served as the first coach of the New England Whalers of the World Hockey ...

Take a good long look at Jack Parker, Boston sports fans, and remember him. Because it’s unlikely you’ll ever again see a coach in this town who stays on the job as long as Somerville Jack did.

Jack Parker leaving at the end of this season%2C his 40th at the school; He has amassed 894 wins%2C third all-time in NCAA ranks; Terriers have three NCAA titles in his tenure%2C most recently in 2009 ...