Penndemonium
PhD Student
Posts: 1900
Reg: 11-29-04
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12-07-18 08:22 AM - Post#268246
In response to Quakers03
For those who didn't follow Fran (probably not many of us), Fran attended LaSalle, played for the Explorers, and was an assistant to Speedy Morris there. He got his Masters at Villanova. He coached at Penn for 17 seasons and turned around the program to lead us to 10 Ivy League Titles and four 2nd place finishes. He coached at Temple for 12 years (not including this year) and led them to 3 Atlantic 10 championships and 2 regular season championships.
In addition to that, he was an assistant coach at Army, Maryland, and Malvern Prep.
Fran was a class act and the winningest coach in Big 5 history. He is one of 25 active coaches with 500 wins. He has helped mentor a huge number of successful assistant coaches, including our own Steve Donahue.
Penn students, please make sure to honor him when he plays his last Big 5 game against Penn!
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