Exhibit A that Christian Parker was on a coaching fast-track from the day he picked up a whistle: His career began before his college graduation … and at a different college.
A senior at the University of Richmond in 2013, Parker would drive 30 miles south to Petersburg to spring practice for Virginia State.
“He was there for spring practice as much as he could be and we hired him the day he left college,” said Latrell Scott, who was Parker’s coach for one year at Richmond and was entering his first season at Virginia State.
Eight years later, Parker, 29, is on his seventh coaching stop and his most prominent as the Broncos’ 29-year-old defensive backs coach, tasked with leading arguably the NFL’s top secondary entering Sunday’s opener at the New York Giants.