23 Facts About Fran Dunphy

Francis Joseph Dunphy was born on October 5,1948 and is an American former college basketball coach.

Fran Dunphy served as the head coach at the University of Pennsylvania for 17 seasons, Temple University for 13 seasons, and La Salle University for three seasons.

Originally starting at Penn in 1989, Dunphy led the school to ten Ivy League championships.

Fran Dunphy was hired at Temple to succeed John Chaney in 2006, spending 13 seasons with the program and making eight NCAA tournament appearances.

Fran Dunphy is considered one of the greatest head coaches in Ivy League history, with his 317 wins and ten conference titles with Penn second only to former Princeton head coach Pete Carril.

Fran Dunphy attended St Dorothy's grade school in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, and then went on to attend Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Fran Dunphy graduated from La Salle University in 1970 with a degree in marketing.

Fran Dunphy served as a co-captain his senior year when he averaged 18.6 ppg and led the team in assists, while being named the MVP of the annual Quaker City Basketball Tournament.

Fran Dunphy scored 24 points in the championship game against Columbia.

Fran Dunphy played for the Cherry Hill Rookies of the Eastern Basketball Association from 1973 to 1975.

Fran Dunphy averaged 8.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 23 games played.

Fran Dunphy's coaching career began at the United States Military Academy, where he served as an assistant under head coach Dan Dougherty.

Fran Dunphy remained there until becoming Lefty Ervin's assistant at La Salle University.

Fran Dunphy returned to La Salle in 1985, serving one more season under Ervin and assisting Speedy Morris for two seasons.

Fran Dunphy left La Salle to become head coach Tom Schneider's top assistant at Penn in 1988.

Fran Dunphy succeeded Schneider as Penn head coach a year later.

In 1989, Fran Dunphy was named the 16th head coach at Penn.

Fran Dunphy is considered among the finest coaches in Ivy League history.

Fran Dunphy was introduced as the head coach at Temple on April 10,2006 after legendary Owls coach John Chaney retired the previous month.

In 2008, Fran Dunphy coached Temple to the Atlantic 10 tournament championship.

However, for the third straight season, Fran Dunphy's Owls lost in the first round of NCAA tournament, this time to Ivy League champion Cornell.

Fran Dunphy was named interim athletic director of Temple University, effective July 1,2020.

Fran Dunphy replaced Patrick Kraft, who left to take the position at Boston College.