A.J. Parnell
@CoachParnell
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QBs/RBs, Winona State University
Winona, MN
Joined February 2012
After 7 yrs with @BethelRoyalsFB this chapter has come to a close & we will be joining the @WinonaState_FB staff. It's never easy leaving people you love & my family is so blessed by our time at Bethel. We leave with full hearts b/c of the relationships w/ the people & players!
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Beyond blessed/excited for this opportunity in front of me & my family @BethelRoyalsFB @BethelRoyals @CoachJ56
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@WinonaState_FB QB/RB dinner tonight. I love how they challenge & care for each other. Excited to watch them let it rip this Saturday in our spring game!. #GGT⚔️
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Tough one to end on today but so proud to have been in it with this crew! Amazing QB room of tough competitors who care about each other
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Here we go!! Quarterfinal trip to TX, fired up to watch our guys compete
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Great day to watch this crew rip! Proud of these guys & how they challenge & care for each other @WinonaState_FB
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Great inter squad scrimmage today, proud of @BethelRoyalsFB DL & what they bring every day for the team❌❌❌
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Awesome journey our team is on right now! Late night travel on Thanksgiving to practice today. Love that I get to share it all with my family!. Always great to be back in the PNW!
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Best barber in the MIAC, @JonPytlak helping me check one off the bucket list - always wanted to rock a mullet, let’s go!!!
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Thought I had today - I have taught & coached now at:.middle school - high school - college . One thing that is evident regardless of age is:. People want to be loved, cared for, challenged & part of something bigger than themselves.
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Celebrating 14 year anniversary w/ Kristi today. I love her more now than ever before! . She brings such amazing joy to my heart & I love walking life alongside her!
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Vintage @BethelRoyalsFB shirt ✅.Polyester coaching shorts ✅.Mustache ✅.My sons @ last spring practice✅👍
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Awesome QB dinner tonight, love being with these guys & having them around my boys!
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Wow, what a game!! So proud of our guys & how hard they fought vs a tough opponent, got to love a little @LouMalnatis pizza after as well
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Amazing season, proud to be a Royal!.
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One great thing about still practicing right now❄️❄️❄️always loved playing football in the snow when I was a kid
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Love seeing Josh Dalki @SugarBowlNola One of many @BethelRoyalsFB players that love others through service! Proud to be a @BethelRoyals
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Celebrating the boy’s bdays…they both asked for football playbooks to create plays😂🤷♂️I love watching them go!
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Jesus paid it all,.All to Him I owe;. From Good Friday to Resurrection Sunday it all points me towards God’s love for us in Jesus!. Happy Easter…He is risen!.
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Elite 8, let’s go!! Fired up.
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Happy 4th Birthday to my son Landry!!! This pic says it all about him😂 focused on the task at hand w/ great energy & enthusiasm! Love his heart, proud to be his dad
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Leaving for work this AM & my boys are sending me off! Pretty blessed by these guys & how they love me! My heart is full!
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Awesome to see @31KG31 honored at the @SugarBowlNola for his service to others, I was blessed to have coached him & watch him live out why received this honor, he is the real deal, on & off the field!
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I am not black, but black lives matter. I am not black, but I mourn w/ you. I am not black, but I see the injustice that you face daily. I am not black, but I see your fear for your sons & daughters. I am not black, but I do stand w/ you.
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Blessed beyond measure b/c of my grandparents' example of how to live & love!
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Been fishing w/ the boys lately. Many line tangles & zero fish caught until today👍. Their joy after each catch was 🤪😂🙌
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Practice on Thanksgiving!! 🦃 Grateful to be with our group
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Tough win today capped off w/ my boys joining the team on the way home, such a fun experience to have them with me in these moments
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Celebrated DLine “Boneyard” Christmas last night, pretty special group, blessed to be around these guys & have them around my family!
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12yrs ago today we committed our marriage to be founded on Christ the solid rock & for ourselves to love each other through it all⬆️⬇️ . My heart is so happy to walk life alongside her!
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What an amazing setting to play! Excited to watch our team let it rip Saturday!
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1st day of Kindergarten for Mason, fun to watch him prep & plan for it all, he was ready to roll when that bus rolled in, so proud of my son!
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“For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.”.Romans 8:24-25. Christmas reminds us of our hope in Jesus!.
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Pretty cool to share this weekend w/ my wife & sons👏😂🙌pretty blessed!
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This makes my heart happy!! Sharing these moments with my sons is amazing
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Year 2 - @BethelRoyalsFB OL/DL BBQ tonight! Excited to spend time together & have competition tonight!
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1st FB game is down in Chicago so it was awesome to catch @Cubs today w/ @BethelRoyalsFB & the fam. My boys were literally bouncing off the walls throughout Wrigley today😂
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Such a great experience dropping of Landry to 1st day of pre school today, excited for what he will learn this year!
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Night before camp dinner w/ SRs, love this tradition, these guys are ready to serve our team to lead!
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Great to be back on the road locally here in the Twin Cities connecting with HS coaches/players!. #BethelBuilt . @SLPPantherAth .@FridleyFootball .@TGEagleFootball .@IRON_Football .@MoundsviewFB .@AnokaFootball .@AndoverHuskies .@Football_CRHS .@BlaineFootball .@cprebelfootball.
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Your legacy is found in the people you love, serve & care for. What an amazing blessing to work here these past 4 years! My heart is full!
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New Parnell family tradition before road trips, started by our 3yr old this weekend "Dad, we need the Hockey song!!" Love it!
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Our boys got involved helping @dannymunoz51 find our singers for the time honored @BethelRoyalsFB tradition of singing at meals. Love this😂👍🙌
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Boneyard Bonfire🔥🔥.S’mores, Make or break😂commitment cards, lots of great moments being together! Love being in this with these guys
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Let the partying begin!! Love celebrating our son & his 6th birthday!
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I don’t rank presents but this one might take the cake, my parents bought the boys a blow up boxing ring! .👏👏👏🥊🥊
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Recruiting Northern MN Lake country w/ my fam next couple days. Stopped through Nelson Bro’s on way up yesterday, some massive 🍩 there😂😂
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I always love turning around at practice to see my boys & other coach’s kids playing!
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Most mornings I try to design a new train track for my boys before I take off for work, feeling like this might be one of my best to date! 🚂🚂🚂
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It was awesome to have the opportunity today to speak & represent @BethelRoyalsFB Offense at @GlazierClinics this AM. #BethelBuilt.
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Holy cats!!! Just got off phone w/ stud DL from Iowa deciding @BethelRoyalsFB is his future home!!! Let’s go!!
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I'm blessed I got to coach these 2, they impacted me, Daniel will be missed but his legacy is in those he loved!
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My boys were pretty excited HS FB officially started today, they put helmets on to send me off to practice, love it!
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Last stop of the WA tour ends @KangFootball love this place, excited about the recruits here!. LW gave me my 1st chance as a HC, feel very blessed to have had that opportunity
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This pic popped up in TL from about 1 year ago. Continues to bless me to have our sons grow up around @BethelRoyalsFB players. They love, teach & care for them so well!
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Boneyard Christmas!!! Big bowl of chili & corn bread, blessed to be w/ these guys in this brotherhood!
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Last stop of the day w/ my guy @railz206 . Had a good laugh parking my rental mini van next to his mini van, times have changed a bit from when we used to roll up to practice at Juanita😂😂
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Friday walk thru at North Central, great stadium, excited to see our guys play free tomorrow!
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This was a fun visit!! Back to @FinnHillMS . I was a student here & then blessed to have my 1st teaching job here for 7 years. Fortunate that our principal, Victor Scarpelli gave me that 1st opportunity. Some amazing people & memories here, fun to share it w/ my boys!
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Proud alum, have some great memories here @Juanitafootball . Awesome time here w/ HC Jared Carter who I got to coach alongside during my time at LW, excited for him & the Rebs!
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Get to vs Have to. Opportunity vs Obligation. This can change how we approach everything in our day.
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So proud of who these 2 R!!! Volunteering their time before college 2 help our frosh team. Servant hearts & leaders by their actions!!
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Such a blessing to be together w/ this crew . @BethelRoyalsFB OL brings home the W in the Yard games. @CoachRichardsOL is a proud coach tonight👍. MVP goes to @LoganPantila77 w/ 4 HRs in the HR Derby
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Can’t help but feel the love when our kicker leaves a #ForTheBrand shirt at my office👍👍@OpsBethel @BjornCharles
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Out recruiting WA today w/ Mason, Love sharing the experience together w/ him, Go Royals!
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My wife is incredible! I'm more in love w/ her now than ever be4, She takes on so much 2 support me, I am lucky 2 walk life w/ her!
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DLine came over to our house for dinner tonight & it was so great to hear them talk about what each guy in the room has meant to them. Everybody had an impact on someone! Love it.
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Great way to start the AM @BHSBlueTrain workouts, great program here. Amazing to run into TJ Olsen, lucky to have taught/coached him & to now watch him doing the same is awesome!!
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Dusted off the Nintendo Wii this morning. boys are loving it!. Can I count Wii fitness in place of a real workout?? Asking for a friend😂👍
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Seattle family vacation/recruiting trip, fired up to be back home & w/ my fam/friends!
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Dad is cooking tonight = .Breakfast for dinner!!. You can have Tater tots for breakfast, right?😂
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Reflecting this AM. One of the greatest gifts I have received in coaching is being positively impacted by the players!. They are inspiring by how they strive to learn & grow. Being vulnerable enough to learn from them is the challenge.
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#ThankfulThursday Thankful for @GFreeMpetey52 @HessTrev93 & their leadership of the @BethelRoyalsFB DLine in 2017, they served others to lead! Two amazing men that will do great things beyond.Relentless2➡️Source
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Such an awesome time celebrating Mason’s 5th super hero bday bowling at Flaherty’s! A blessing that some @BethelRoyalsFB players took time out of their Sunday to come by, these guys are heroes to my boys!
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Great stop @football_braves & meeting Coach Salle, excited to get to know him & their players here
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Just got off phone w/ huge commit, RB from Cali!!! This guy is a big time🐴
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It has officially been 1yr since being back in Minnesota/@ Bethel, amazing how fast it went! Feeling very blessed looking back on the year, excited for what God has in store ahead
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#FlashbackFriday to @31KG31 game vs St Thomas, 8 tackles & 2 sacks, voted to team of week, Relentless2➡️Source
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Post practice DQ dilly bars w/ my boys & the DLine, glad it was above freezing today😂😂
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Reading Micah 6 last couple days & God’s call on how to live:. Do justice.Love mercy .Walk humbly w/ your God. God’s simple response challenges me. Reminds me to be about others & that I need God every day!.
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1st recruiting stop of day, see if my older brother has any eligibility left! Love this guy, so proud to be his bro
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Growth can be both fast or slow. We can’t control the rate at which it happens so stay encouraged & consistent on the journey.
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Absolutely fired up!! Can’t wait to follow my brother & Goodyear HS do big things in the AZ.
Can’t wait to get to work and begin the legacy of Goodyear Football! . Mav Strong - Herd Strong! . Ride as One! 🐎.
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Was awesome sharing today @GlazierClinics about our DL “Boneyard” @BethelRoyalsFB .Easy to talk about b/c of these guys & the brotherhood they have, they bless me every day!
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