SEGUIN, Texas -- Dennis Parker resigned Monday as head coach of the Texas Lutheran University football team.
Parker's resignation will be effective Monday, Nov. 16. He will serve as head coach in the Bulldogs' final game of the 2009 season.
TLU plays Mississippi College on Saturday in Clinton, Miss.
"We look forward to moving the football program in a new and successful direction," said Bill Miller, TLU's director of athletics. "We thank Coach Parker for his service to TLU, and we wish him well in his future endeavors."
A search for the next TLU head football coach will begin immediately, Miller said. The position announcement can be found at www.tlu.edu.
Parker has an overall record of 6-23 with TLU entering the final game of the 2009 season. He was 5-18 in the American Southwest Conference.
Parker was hired as the Bulldogs' head coach in January 2007, and he coached TLU for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons.
TLU is 0-9 this season and has an overall losing streak of 12 games.
-Courtesy Texas Lutheran University Sports Information Department
Dennis Parker
Coaching Record at TLU
Year Overall ASC
2007 2-8 2-6
2008 4-6 3-5
2009 0-9 0-7
Total 6-23 5-18