Dave Parsons is entering his 13th year as the sports information director at MVNU and his 19th season overall working in the sports information department. Prior to assuming the role as SID, Parsons served as the assistant SID for five years handling primarily the women's sports – a role that he began during his senior year at MVNU and continued in upon graduation in 1994.

Parsons, who has won numerous awards from NAIA-SIDA and CoSIDA for his media guides and feature stories, was the AVCA Grant Burger Media Award – Sports Information recipient in 2009 as well as the MVNU Staff Member of the Year. He has been a CoSIDA member for 18 years and served as the NAIA-SIDA President from 2007-2009. He received the Clarence "Ike” Pearson Award as the NAIA SID of the Year in 2008.

Parsons resides in Mount Vernon with his wife, Carla (also an alum), who works as a research assistant in the Institutional Research and Compliance Office at MVNU, and their two daughters, Ashley and Kylie. In addition to obtaining his undergraduate degree in 1994 in both Business Administration and Sports Management, Parsons also earned a master's degree in Human Resource Management from MVNU in 2006.