Noah Parker '20 is in his fourth season as the head coach of the St. Olaf men's golf program in 2026-27. He served as interim head coach in 2023-24 before being named the permanent head coach in May 2024.
In 2025-26, Parker guided St. Olaf to its highest finish at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships since 2011 with a fourth-place performance. The Oles finished the 2025-26 season with their lowest team scoring average (303.2) since at least 2010-11 by nearly three strokes. In Parker's three seasons leading the program, St. Olaf has posted three of its four lowest team scoring averages over that span.
Ryan Herbst and Isaac Schmidt both earned All-MIAC honors in 2025-26 after Schmidt was an Honorable Mention All-MIAC selection in 2024-25. Under Parker's leadership, St. Olaf has produced 17 Academic All-MIAC and five College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honorees.
Parker was a member of the St. Olaf men's golf and men's hockey programs during his time as a student-athlete on the Hill, playing four years of golf and three years of hockey for the Oles.
During his four-year career with the men’s golf program, Parker earned automatic all-conference honors by tying for eighth at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships in 2017 and added top-30 finishes in each of the next two seasons. Over 39 rounds as a collegian, Parker averaged 78.0 strokes per round with a low round of 71.
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Parker was also a two-time Honorable Mention All-MIAC honoree as a goalie for the St. Olaf men’s hockey program. He holds the highest save percentage (.921) in recorded program history, while ranking seventh in saves (1,064), eighth in games played by a goaltender (33), tied for eighth in games started by a goaltender (29), and ninth in goals-against average (3.08) and goaltender minutes (1,773:06).
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Parker graduated from St. Olaf in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
