Fran Fraschilla
Fran Fraschilla (born August 30, 1958)
Teams coached: Manhattan Jaspers, St. John’s Red Storm, New Mexico Lobos
Manhattan record: 86-34 (.717)
St. John’s record: 35-24 (.593)
New Mexico record: 55-41 (.573)
Overall record: 176-99 (.640)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1993, 1995, 1998)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1993, 1995)
- MAAC Tournament Champion: 1 (1993)
Awards:
- MAAC Coach of the Year: 1 (1995)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1999-2002 | New Mexico |
| 1996-1998 | St. John’s |
| 1992-1996 | Manhattan |
| 1989-1992 | Providence (asst) |
| 1987-1989 | Ohio State (asst) |
| 1981-1987 | Ohio (asst) |
| 1980-1981 | Rhode Island (asst) |
| 1979-1980 | New York Tech (asst) |
Fran Fraschilla Facts
- Francis John Fraschilla
- Born August 30, 1958
- Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
- Alma Mater: Brooklyn College (BS, 1980)
- Started his coaching career while he was still in undergrad, spending one year as an assistant at New York Tech
- Joined Jack Kraft‘s staff at Rhode Island in 1980, though Kraft had to retire just one game into that season due to health concerns
- Claude English served as interim head coach for most of the 1980-81 season, leading the Rams (with Fraschilla as an assistant coach) to the 1981 NIT
- Worked as an assistant at Ohio for a total of six years under head coaches Danny Nee and Billy Hahn
- Spent two years as an assistant at Ohio State under Hall of Fame head coach Gary Williams
- Left OSU for Providence in 1989, where he worked under Rick Barnes for three seasons
- Became a head coach in 1992, leading the Manhattan Jaspers for four seasons
- Went 86-34 during his tenure, including two MAAC regular season titles and two trips to the NCAA Tournament
- Hired as the head coach at St. John’s in 1996, taking over a team that had won just 11 games the year prior
- Led the Red Storm to the NCAA Tournament in 1998, finishing with 20+ wins for the fourth time in his career
- Left St. John’s after just two seasons due to conflicting and unconfirmed reasons
- Worked as a scout with the New York Knicks during the 1998-99 season
- Returned to college in 1999, hired as the head coach of the New Mexico Lobos
- Won 55 games in three years at UNM, leading the Lobos to three straight NITs
- Despite not having any losing seasons, Fraschilla resigned as head coach after the 2001-02 season
- Fraschilla has had a long second career working in broadcasting with ESPN, serving as an analyst primarily on Big 12 games but also for FIBA international events
- He has also provided commentary during the NBA Draft as well as on broadcasts for marquee high school games
- Along with his wife, Meg, has two sons, James, who played at Oklahoma and Matthew, who played at Harvard
Fran Fraschilla Coaching Tree
- Joe Dooley (East Carolina, Florida Gulf Coast)
- Anthony Solomon (St. Bonaventure)
