Overview
- Marshall Faulk, 53, disclosed on Wednesday that he has been living with Parkinson’s disease for about 18 months after first noticing hand rigidity while golfing.
- He said routine exams and specialist testing led to the diagnosis and that medication has so far limited his symptoms to occasional tremors and hand stiffness.
- Faulk remains the head football coach at Southern University and said he has not experienced cognitive decline and continues to perform his duties.
- He urged others to get checked early, saying catching the disease sooner improves the chance of better symptom control with available medicines.
- Recent studies of former NFL players report higher rates of neurodegenerative disease, including an about fourfold increase in Parkinson’s mortality in one 2026 analysis, which adds broader context to Faulk’s disclosure.