Tom Parkevich begins his second season as the defensive coordinator for the Illinois College football program in 2017.

Parkevich joins the Blueboys after spending three seasons as the head coach at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. There. he led the Tigers to their first winning record in 20 seasons with a 6-4 mark in 2014. 

Previously, Parkevich was a defensive coordinator at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. and Blackburn College in Carlinville, Ill. At St. Scholastica, Parkevich ran the defensive schemes that helped the Saints record an undefeated regular season in 2011. St. Scholastica led all of Division III in turnover margin in 2011 and were second nationally in 2010.

Parkevich and his wife, Michelle, have three children, Beau, Levi and Veronica.