Toby Parker was hired as the head MATC women’s volleyball coach in the summer of 2005. In his first year at the helm, Parker helped lead the program to its best season since 2002. The team finished with a 21-8 record and a third place finish in the NJCAA Region XIII-A Tournament.
Parker comes to MATC with a wealth of coaching experience at both the high school and USAV Junior Olympic Volleyball level. Over the course of his fourteen-year career prior to becoming head coach at MATC, he compiled a cumulative record of 427-241 (.640). His athletes and teams achieved success at the conference, state and national levels.
During his coaching career, Parker has produced 34 High School all-conference players, six conference Players-of-the-Year and sent over 30 of his former players on to compete at the collegiate level. He has also seen three of his former players become college All-Americans and had the privilege of coaching a former Olympian. Parker founded the Midwest Juniors Volleyball Club in 1997, and it is currently the second largest Junior Olympic volleyball program in Wisconsin.
Coach Parker is a former indoor AA club player and a professional outdoor player, competing on both the Eastern Volleyball Association tour as well as the Midwest Volleyball Professionals Tour. Parker was born and raised in Madison, WI. He currently lives in Verona, WI with his wife, Holly, and their daughter, Grace. In addition to coaching at MATC, Parker owns his own business, The Sports Management Group.
