Marty Parkhurst
Assistant Football Coach
Marty Parkhurst graduated from Rogers High School in Puyallup in 1978 and later attended PLU to earn his teaching degree. He was a bomber/backup on the 1980 PLU football team as PLU won the NAIA Football National Championship. After college Marty returned to coach at his Alma Mater for 10 years as an assistant coach. In 1993 Marty left Rogers to coach at Gig Harbor High School under head coach Steve Gervais. Gig Harbor placed 2nd in State that year. Parkhurst left Gig Harbor to become the head football coach at Orting High School in 1994. He led the Orting Cardinals to 12 state play-off appearances in 24 years ending his term with 159 total wins. Along the way Orting had a 33 game regular season win streak and multiple league titles. Coach Parkhurst won 6 league Coach of the Year awards as well as Seahawks Coach of the Week and 2 National Football Foundation Coach of the Year awards. Marty retired from coaching after the 2017 football season but remained the Athletic Director through 2021. He has 3 children: Jonathan, Krista, and Amy. He spends a lot of time with his 6 grandchildren in Tacoma and Peachtree City, Georgia. Marty is coming up on 39 years of marriage with his beautiful wife, Tina.
In March of 2023 Coach Parkhurst was inducted into the Washington State Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame