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Parker Stone currently serves as an assistant tight ends coach. Stone is a Dallas native who joined the SMU football team as a wide receiver after graduating from Parish Episcopal in 2019.

Stone was promoted to the title prior to the 2025 season after serving as a graduate assistant the previous years. 

In 2024, the Mustangs reached historic heights, making the ACC Championship game and the College Football Playoff. 

SMU became the first team to go 8-0 in conference play after moving to a Power 4/5 conference from a Group of Five conference. The 2024 season also marked the first time the Mustangs went undefeated and untied in conference play in conference play in back-to-back seasons.

The Mustang group of tight ends was one of the better units in all of FBS in 2024, led by RJ Maryland and newcomer Matthew Hibner. Maryland, despite missing second half of the season due to injury, was one of the best at his position in the country, finishing with 24 receptions for 354 yards and four touchdowns in seven games. Maryland still earned All-ACC Honorable Mention despite the limited amount of games he played, but was the first Mustang in program history to earn ACC Receiver of the Week honors with his career-best eight receptions for 162 yards and a touchdown in the comeback win at Nevada to open the year.

Hibner took over after Maryland went down and continued to produce at a high level, resulting in a career year for the newcomer. He finished the year with 24 receptions for 368 yards and four touchdowns, with almost all of it coming from the Duke game and beyond once he took over as the starter.

For the 2023 season, he continued as a student assistant coach but transitioned to  working with the running backs. In the 2023 season, SMU was once again a top 20 offense averaging 454.3 YDS/GAME (16th) and 38.7 PPG (8TH) aided by a strong running attack that contributed 176.6 rushing yards per game.

In the 2022 season, Stone helped lead SMU to a top 20 offense averaging 479.8 YDS/GAME (10TH) and 37.2 PPG (12TH). He also helped Rashee Rice break the SMU single season receiving yards record, lead the nation in receiving yards per game (112.9), and finish 5th in the nation in receptions (96).

After two seasons of playing, he decided to medically retire and join the SMU staff in the spring of 2022 as a student assistant coach working with the wide receivers.