David Parsons (born 26 December 1967 in Birmingham, Warwickshire) is a cricket coach who worked for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as national spin bowling coach and performance director.
Parsons attended King Edward VI Five Ways Grammar School for Boys at Bartley Green in Birmingham, where he performed well at cricket and long distance running.
[2] Parsons implemented the inaugural ECB spin bowling programme and has taken advice from Terry Jenner the man credited with the development of Shane Warne.
On 6 December 2007, Parsons was appointed ECB performance director replacing Peter Moores who was promoted to the role of England head coach.
[3] In January 2021, Parsons began work as performance director at England Netball.