Coaching Career
Parkin went to Western Australia and captain-coached Subiaco in 1975. He was back at Hawthorn as Assistant coach to John Kennedy in 1976. Kennedy retired at the end of 1976 and Parkin was promoted to senior Coach.
Parkin was an innovative coach, first with Hawthorn (1977–1980), becoming only the second person to coach Hawthorn to a premiership in 1978. He coached Carlton in his first stint from 1981–1985, winning back to back premierships in 1981–1982. He coached Fitzroy from 1986–1988 with little success, and then returned to Carlton for another stint between 1991–2000. He was named Carlton's coach in their Team of the Century, and during this second stint he won the 1995 premiership. He also took Carlton to the Grand Final in 1999 which they lost to North Melbourne, at the end of the 2000 season he retired as Carlton coach and handed the coaching reins to Wayne Brittain.
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