Ben Parman enters his sixth season with the Grand Canyon women's soccer team in 2023, having been hired in January 2018. Parman joined the Lopes after a three-year stint with fellow WAC member New Mexico State.

A goalkeeper in his playing days, Parman works primarily with the goalkeepers, team travel, scouting and day-to-day operations.

In 2021 under Parman's leadership, GCU goalkeeper Jordan Ferguson led the WAC in goal against average at 1.01 while setting a new GCU Division I-era record with six shutouts. Those were the most shutouts by a GCU goalie since 2004. The 2022 season was solid again for the GCU keepers, as transfer Shantel Hutton set a new GCU Division I-era record with a .804 save percentage.

In his first three seasons at GCU, Parman has helped coach a pair of GCU goalkeepers that ranked in the top three in saves in the WAC. In 2018, senior Abby Burton led the WAC with 103 saves and was the only goalie in the conference to reach the century mark in saves that season while earning three WAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. In 2019 Parman coached freshman Lauren Garthwaite to All-WAC first-team honors, a first for the GCU program. Garthwaite finished with 93 saves, the seventh most by a freshman in Division I, and set a GCU single-game record with 16 saves against California Baptist.

At New Mexico State, Parman again coached goalkeepers to WAC honors. In 2017, New Mexico State freshman Dmitri Fong, had a break out year finishing the season with a 1.28 goals against average and five shutouts earning Second Team All-WAC honors. In 2016 Parman coached Ashley Martin who recorded 88 saves which was good for second most in program history.

Prior to New Mexico State, Parman served as the head coach at Lyon College from 2011-2014 at the NAIA level. Parman left the program winningest coach with a 34-34-3 record. His teams also earned National Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards every year he was at the helm.

Parman coached junior Ana Waldman to NAIA All-American honors after she broke the school’s single-season records in goals (21) and points (46) in 2014. Parman also coached a conference player of the year, freshman of the year and a total of six all-region players. In his four years, the Scots tallied 18 all-conference honorees – including nine first-teamers.

Prior to his time at Lyon, Parman spent three seasons (2008-10) as an assistant for both the men’s and women’s program at Division II Hendrix College in Conway, Ark coaching the goalkeepers. Parman played a crucial role in turning the women’s team around from being the worst team in conference to being  in the top-half of conference.

During his time in Arkansas, Parman also worked with the state’s Olympic Development Program as one of the head coaches and the program’s official goalkeeping coach.  He was also the director of goalkeeping for the Arkansas Rush Soccer Club.

Parman is a 2008 graduate of Luther College where he received his bachelor’s degree in business management with an emphasis in sports management.  He was a four-year starter at goalkeeper and finished his career ranked fifth all-time in program history with a 1.08 goals against average. In four seasons he only allowed 23 goals in over 1,900 minutes played while accumulating 113 saves and eight shutouts.

Parman is an active member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and holds numerous licenses and diplomas, including an NSCAA National Diploma and NSCAA Goalkeeping Licenses.