Forester Cross Country

Career Highlights
	Second year at the helm of the Forester program and 11th in coaching
	Spent the previous five seasons as head coach at NCAA Division II Goldey-Beacom College, where he started both the men's and women's programs
	2006 MWC Women's Co-Coach of the Year
	Two-Time Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year
	Coached athletes to 22 all-conference performances in six years as collegiate head coach

The 2007 season will be Kelly Parsley's second year as head cross country coach at Lake Forest and 11th overall in the coaching field.

The Foresters placed fourth (women) and eighth (men) at the 2006 Midwest Conference Championship Meet. Parsley was named MWC Women's Co-Coach of the Year after leading that squad to its highest-ever finish at the event. Two Forester women earned all-conference honors after placing among the top 20 in the race and the duo combined to post five of the fastest 17 5K times in team history during the year.

The Lake Forest men won the annual Forester Invitational for the second time in the last three seasons and the home team produced both the women's and men's individual champion at the meet.

Parsley spent the previous five years at NCAA Division II Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware. He started the men's cross country program at Goldey-Beacom in 2001 and began the women's program the following year. The Lightning men claimed Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference titles in 2002 and 2003, the team's second and third year of existence, and he was named CACC Coach of the Year following both of those seasons. He coached athletes to 19 all-conference performances and a CACC Runner of the Year award in his five years with the program.

Prior to starting the program at Goldey-Beacom, Parsley was an assistant cross country coach at NCAA Division III Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania from 1997-99.

Parsley was also the head indoor and outdoor track & field coach at Hodgson Vo-Tech High School in Glasgow, Delaware, from 1998 to 2006. His boys team lost just four dual meets during his time with the program and the girls squad he started in 2001 has been nearly as successful.

Parsley graduated from California University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and earned a Master's Degree from West Chester University in 2004.

After running at Greensburg Salem High School and Califormia University, Parsley has continued his running career and has competed in several marathons with a career-best time of 2:38.54.