Saint Francis Red Flash basketball history
Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA)
DeGol Arena
Northeast Conference (NEC)
Current head coach: Rob Krimmel (2012-)
- Assoc. HC: Luke McConnell (2013-)
- Asst: Oliver Allen (2024-)
- Asst: Devin Sweetney (2024-)
- 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):
- NEC Regular Season Championships: 2 (1991, 2019)
- NEC Tournament Championships: 1 (1991)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 1 (Maurice Stokes, 1955)
- NEC Player of the Year: 4 (last = Josh Cohen, 2023)
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.