Sean Parris

Sean Parrish (born 14 March 1972) is a Welsh footballer who played as a midfielder. His last first-team coaching role was at Shrewsbury Town. He played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town, Doncaster Rovers, Northampton Town, Chesterfield and Kidderminster Harriers. He won promotion from the fourth tier with Northampton in 1997 and Chesterfield in 2001. As a coach, Parrish held positions at...

Sean Parrish (born 14 March 1972) is a Welsh footballer who played as a midfielder. His last first-team coaching role was at Shrewsbury Town. He played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town, Doncaster Rovers, Northampton Town, Chesterfield and Kidderminster Harriers. He won promotion from the fourth tier with Northampton in 1997 and Chesterfield in 2001. As a coach, Parrish held positions at his former clubs Shrewsbury Town and AFC Telford United, including as caretaker manager at both. He also worked for several years in the youth ranks of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Playing career Parrish began his career at Shrewsbury Town but played only a handful of games before joining non-league club Telford United. He moved to Doncaster Rovers in 1994 before joining Northampton Town two years later, for a fee of £35,000. On 11 May 1997, Parrish scored the only goal of a Division Three play-off semi-final away to Cardiff City, advancing down the centre of the pitch from inside his own half before executing a lob over Steve Williams. Thirteen days later he played in the final, won by a single goal against another Welsh club Swansea City. He was part of the team that reached the Division Two play-off final the following season. He then joined Chesterfield in 2000, where he won promotion in his first season but was limited by injury in his second. In 2002, he turned down a one-year extension at the Spireites to join Kidderminster Harriers on a two-year deal as manager Ian Britton's first signing. Parrish joined the reformed AFC Telford United in 2004. In his first season back at the New Bucks Head, he scored the winning goal against Kendal Town in the playoff final to achieve promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division. He captained the club, made 115 appearances across both entities, and was inducted into the Bucks Hall of Fame in 2010. Coaching career Parrish was the caretaker manager at AFC Telford United in 2006, between the tenures of Bernard McNally and Rob Smith. In 2010, he was academy head at Northampton Town. He returned to AFC Telford United in 2017 as assistant manager on a voluntary basis, serving under his cousin Rob Edwards. After spending five years as an assistant manager at Wolverhampton Wanderers under-23 side, Parrish returned to Shrewsbury Town as first-team coach under head coach Matt Taylor in July 2023. When Paul Hurst was sacked on 3 November 2024, Parrish assumed the role of caretaker head coach for the first team; he lost away to relegation rivals Burton Albion in EFL League One and to Walsall in the EFL Trophy before the appointment of Gareth Ainsworth. Personal life Parrish is the cousin of fellow former footballer and coach Rob Edwards. Honours Northampton Town Football League Third Division play-offs: 1997 References Sean Parrish at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database Harman, John (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The First 25 Years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 687, 696. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.