Career
Parks was appointed goalkeeping coach for Norwich City on 14 July 2014. In 2015, he became goalkeeping coach of Aston Villa. Parks was born in Hackney, London, and began his football career with Tottenham Hotspur.
In a career spanning over 20 years, he was on the books of 15 different clubs, making more than 250 league appearances, and had two spells as joint caretaker manager of Halifax Town.
After his playing career ended, Parks went on to work as a goalkeeping coach with several clubs and as one of the Football Association"s national coaches, working with the England youth teams. In November 2008, he succeeded Hans Leitert as goalkeeping coach for Tottenham Hotspur.