Former Bobcat national champion Jonathan Parker returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach prior to the 2022 season.
Parker is the Bobcats' recruiting coordinator and works with hitters and catchers.
Jones is 141-65 in his four seasons, including an MACCC runner-up finish last year, region runner-up finish in 2024 and a pair of NJCAA Top 10 final rankings.
Parker started his coaching career alongside Wes Thigpen at Mississippi Gulf Coast and spent two seasons with the Bulldogs.
The New Orleans native was a two-year team captain and catcher at Jones during the 2016-17 seasons, helping the Bobcats to a combined 100-13 record, their first NJCAA Division II National Championship (2016) and an MACCC Championship (2017).
Parker was named team MVP as a freshman and was also an all-tournament team nod at the national championship after going 9-for-19 with a pair of RBIs and seven runs scored.
He hit .310 as a freshman with 10 doubles, a home run and 31 RBIs and .384 as a sophomore with 11 doubles, three home runs and 40 RBIs to earn second team all-conference honors.
Parker went on to start 16 games at Louisiana Tech as a junior before ending his career at Southeastern Louisiana. He graduated with a bachelor's in general studies with a minor in business and marketing.
Parker is a graduate of Brother Martin High School, where he was a four-year letterman and two-year team captain on the baseball team. He also earned three letters on the football team, where he was also twice a team captain. Parker earned all-district honors twice and won The Clarion-Herald Linebacker Award in the New Orleans Catholic League.
Athletes run in the Parker family. His sister, Kristen, played collegiate volleyball at LSU, uncle Johnny Morreale played in the Milwaukee Brewers system and grandfather Junior Morreale played in the Boston Red Sox organization.
Parker was married to the former Kaitlin Sellers on Sept. 30, 2023. The couple welcomed their first child, John, on June 3, 2025.
