* Veterans Committee Hall of Fame inductee.
Six-Member Hall of Fame Highlights CoSIDA's 2019 Special Award Honorees
Maxey Parrish – Baylor (retired)
Former CoSIDA president and retired SID honored for service.
Parrish is one of two retired members of the profession who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019. He held the 1998-99 CoSIDA presidency while serving as the sports information director at his alma mater, Baylor University.
After receiving his journalism degree from Baylor in 1978, Parrish spent two years as an assistant SID at SMU and served a brief stint as SID at Centenary before returning to Baylor in 1980.
Parrish worked in the Baylor SID office from 1980-1997, first as assistant SID before becoming the head SID. He then left that post to become executive director of BaylorSportsNet.com, the athletic department's then-web site, serving in that role from 1997-2000.
He is currently a professor of journalism, public relations and new media at Baylor where he received the outstanding teacher award in 2005.
As a member of CoSIDA, Parrish was recognized by the Football Writers Association of America, All-American Football Foundation, the NIT and the Drake Relays. He and his staff earned numerous CoSIDA awards for writing and publications. Parrish also served as a press officer at eight events for the United States Olympic Committee, including two Olympic Games and two World University Games.