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Joseph Parkinson (born 11 June 1971) is an English football coach and former professional player.
As a player, Parkinson played in the Premier League for Everton, while with the club he won the FA Cup in 1995. He also played in the Football League for Wigan Athletic and AFC Bournemouth making a total of 239 league appearances, scoring 10 goals during a ten-year career.
Parkinsons final Everton goal came in the final game of the 1995/96 season, where he slotted home to give the home side a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa.
After working away from the sport for a number of years, he returned to football in 2012 and was an academy coach at Wigan Athletic, he was promoted to assistant manager under Gary Caldwell and later joined Bury in a similar position. He has since held various roles on the coaching staff's of AFC Fylde, Shrewsbury Town and Hartlepool United.
He became a fans' favourite at the club, playing a major part in Joe Royle's "Dogs of War" Everton team. Most memorably he won an FA Cup winner's medal when Everton defeated Manchester United in the 1995 Final.
In April 1997, Parkinson broke down after battling a knee injury most of the season, and was ruled out for the remainder of the 1996–97 season as well as the entire 1997–98 season. Parkinson was unable to return to full fitness. Complications with the injury, including 2 surgeries and a further full season out of the game (1998–99) resulted in Parkinson retiring from football in November 1999, when only 28. This came two years after his last appearance. Despite the relatively small number of appearances he made, his contribution and commitment was recognised with a testimonial against Manchester City in 2000.
In April 2018, Parkinson joined National League side AFC Fylde as the Lead Academy Coach. In July 2017, Parkinson moved to Shrewsbury Town where he became the club's assistant manager.
In November 2019, Parkinson left his role at Shrewsbury to take up the position of assistant manager at Hartlepool United. The role saw him link up with Dave Challinor who he had worked with previously at Fylde. Parkinson left the club in August 2021 due to health and family reasons. He described Hartlepool's promotion to League Two in the 2020–21 season as one of the biggest achievements in his career.
In an interview for the BBC in October 2011, Joey Barton said that Joe Parkinson is his favourite footballer of all time.
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