Danny Parks is in the third season of his second
stint as an assistant coach for the Winthrop soft-
ball program.
Parks spent 11 years as an assistant prior
and was an integral part of the 2007 & 2008 Big
South Conference Championship teams.
Parks had been the assistant at Northwest-
ern High School for five years. He brings over 20 years of softball experi-
ence to Winthrop. In 2011, Parks was the head coach for the South Pointe
varsity girl’s softball team.
Parks has played men’s fast-pitch in South Carolina for 32 years as
both a pitcher and a catcher. He has played on seven Men’s Fastpitch State
Championship teams, three Regional Champion teams and in five National
Tournaments.
“Danny is a tireless worker who adds a lot of energy to our program.”
says head coach Mark Cooke.
Parks and his wife, Kathy, are the parents of two children, Chris and
Jennifer.
Kendall Fuller is in her second season as
assistant coach after being hired in mid-August
(2012).
Fuller came to Winthrop after a two-year
stint at Western Carolina where she was a vol-
unteer assistant coach while earning a Masters
of Science degree with an emphasis in Biology. Her duties with the Cata-
mounts included coaching first base and the outfield, assisting in recruiting
and travel coordination as well as practice planning, hitting and the orga-
nization/direction of camps and clinics. Fuller also served as the academic
liaison between softball and academic support as well as developing and
maintaining scouting reports.
One of the most notable things Fuller did at Western Carolina was
designing an academic success plan resulting in five NFCA Academic
All-Americans. She also coached center fielder Erin Foster, who voted to
the First Team All-Southern Conference as well as an NFCA Mid-East First
Team All-Region selection.
Winthrop and Western Carolina have faced off four times in the last two
seasons so Fuller has a little familiarity with the Eagles. Plus Fuller served
as a guest coach for Winthrop Softball Camp in 2011.
Prior to her collegiate level coaching experience, Fuller was an assis-
tant varsity softball coach at South Brunswick H.S. in Southport, NC. She
was an assistant coach for varsity basketball and the head coach of the
junior varsity girls’ basketball team as well.
Fuller, a 2008 graduate from Appalachian State, has been a member
of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association since 2010. Fuller earned a
Bachelor of Science in Biology and Secondary Education from Appalachian
State.
Assistant Coaches
Assistant Coach
DANNY PARKS
Assistant Coach
KENDELL FULLER
