Saint Francis Red Flash basketball

Saint Francis Red Flash basketball history

Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA)
DeGol Arena
Northeast Conference (NEC)

Current head coach: Rob Krimmel (2012-)

  • Assoc. HC: Andrew Helton (1994-99, 2015-)
  • Asst: Eric Taylor (2012-)
  • Asst: Luke McConnell (2013-)
  • DBO: Joe Causgrove (2021-)
  • DPD: Jake Rauchbach (2020-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1991)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  0-1
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  4  (1954, 1955, 1958, 2019)
  • NIT Overall Record:  3-5
  • CIT Appearances:  3  (2015, 2017, 2018)
  • CIT Overall Record:  1-2
  • NCIT Appearances:  4  (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952)
  • NCIT Overall Record:  3-4
  • NAIA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1948)
  • NAIA Tournament Overall Record:  0-1

Conference Titles (ECAC, NEC):

Award Winners:




Saint Francis (PA) head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Rob Krimmel 2012-Pres 155-210 1 0 0
Don Friday 2008-12 32-86 0 0 0
Bobby Jones 1999-2008 85-167 0 0 0
Tom McConnell 1992-99 85-105 0 0 0
Jim Baron 1987-92 74-71 1 1 0
Kevin Porter 1983-87 42-68 0 0 0
Dave Magarity 1978-83 60-76 0 0 0
Pete Lonergan 1973-78 70-61 0 0 0
Dick Conover 1971-73 17-34 0 0 0
John Hiller 1969-71 27-22 0 0 0
John Clark 1966-69 55-20 0 0 0
Dr. William “Skip” Hughes 1945-66 293-206-1 0 1^ 0
Max Cook 1945 0-3 0 0 0
no team 1932-38, 43-45
Rev. Terrence Burns 1942-43 1-2-1 0 0 0
Francis Salony 1938-42 25-33 0 0 0
Eugene Stringer 1926-27, 30-32 18-26
William Donahue 1927-30 21-21
Emmet Russell 1925-26 21-9
Jim Mahon 1924-25 20-13
John Loughran 1920-24 51-20
Francis McCreesch 1918-20 20-5

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions

^ These appearances were in the NAIA Tournament

NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.