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Fran Dunphy to be Inducted into Penn Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday
5.5.17 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA - Temple University men's basketball coach Fran Dunphy will be one of 15 men and women inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame this Saturday in a ceremony to be held at The Inn at Penn.
The only person to serve as the head basketball coach at two Philadelphia Big 5 schools, Dunphy compiled a 310-163 overall record in his 17-year career at Penn (1989-06). His Quaker teams won an unprecedented 48 straight Ivy League games and four league titles from 1992 through 1996. His 1993-94 team posted a 25-3 record and earned a Number 25 ranking in the CNN/USA Today Coaches' Poll, the program's first such ranking since the 1978-79 campaign. That year also included a 90-80 first round upset of sixth-seed Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament.
In his last eight seasons at Penn, Dunphy guided the Quakers to six Ivy League titles and a 93-19 league record. From 1999-2001, he led Penn to 25 straight league wins, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 1999-2000. In 2001-02, Dunphy's Quakers posted a 25-7 record and won the school's first outright city-series title with a perfect 4-0 mark since 1973-74.
Dunphy continued his success following his move to Temple, leading the Owls to a 230 wins (136 losses) and seven NCAA Tournament appearances in his 11 seasons at the helm. He also took the Cherry and White to the 2015 NIT Semifinals.
Under his guidance, the Owls have posted eight 20-win seasons, defeated 15 ranked opponents, including one in each of the past 10 seasons, and had his teams nationally ranked for 24 weeks with the 2009-10 squad finishing the year at #12 in the Associated Press poll.
He has won four conference Coach of the Year honors at Temple and currently ranks third on the school's all-time coaching win list behind Naismith Hall of Famers John Chaney (516, '82-06) and Harry Litwack (373, '52-73). His 540 wins are the most in Philadelphia Big 5 history.
A full-time educator on and off the court, Dunphy teaches in Temple's prestigious Fox School of Business. He team-teaches an honors course with Dr. Lynne Anderson, entitled, Management, Theory & Practice: From the Locker Room to the Board Room. He previously had served as a lecturer in the Wharton Executive Education program and in the management department of the Wharton School.
Dunphy is one of the leaders in the local Coaches vs. Cancer campaign and was named to the National Council of Coaches vs. Cancer. He was also honored as the 2002 National Coaches vs. Cancer Coach of the Year for his service and tireless dedication to those in need. On September 23, 2008, he joined four other coaches to speak to legislators on Capitol Hill on the need for more funding for cancer research.
The Owl mentor also devotes time to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Philadelphia's Board of Directors, and his Penn and Temple teams have participated in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program each year. He is also a member of the Philadelphia CYO Hall of Fame.
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Penn Athletics Hall of Fame Class X
Jerome B. Allen W09, men's basketball
Brian T. Chaput C04, men's track & field
Francis J. Dunphy, men's basketball (coach)
Robyn Fortsch C87 GED88, women's track & field/women's basketball
Thomas J. Gilmore C86, football
Patrick J. Goodwillie W96, football
Ruthlyn Greenfield-Webster NU92, women's track & field
Joshua M. D. Hall III W85, men's lacrosse
Bruce D. Konopka W78, men's crew
Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan C04, volleyball
Donna Mulhern Woodruff C90 GED00, field hockey/women's lacrosse
John H. Outland 1899, football
Matthew P. Valenti C07, wrestling
Eugene G. Venzke ED36, men's track & field
George A. Weiss W65 HON14, Lifetime Achievement Award
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The only person to serve as the head basketball coach at two Philadelphia Big 5 schools, Dunphy compiled a 310-163 overall record in his 17-year career at Penn (1989-06). His Quaker teams won an unprecedented 48 straight Ivy League games and four league titles from 1992 through 1996. His 1993-94 team posted a 25-3 record and earned a Number 25 ranking in the CNN/USA Today Coaches' Poll, the program's first such ranking since the 1978-79 campaign. That year also included a 90-80 first round upset of sixth-seed Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament.
In his last eight seasons at Penn, Dunphy guided the Quakers to six Ivy League titles and a 93-19 league record. From 1999-2001, he led Penn to 25 straight league wins, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 1999-2000. In 2001-02, Dunphy's Quakers posted a 25-7 record and won the school's first outright city-series title with a perfect 4-0 mark since 1973-74.
Dunphy continued his success following his move to Temple, leading the Owls to a 230 wins (136 losses) and seven NCAA Tournament appearances in his 11 seasons at the helm. He also took the Cherry and White to the 2015 NIT Semifinals.
Under his guidance, the Owls have posted eight 20-win seasons, defeated 15 ranked opponents, including one in each of the past 10 seasons, and had his teams nationally ranked for 24 weeks with the 2009-10 squad finishing the year at #12 in the Associated Press poll.
He has won four conference Coach of the Year honors at Temple and currently ranks third on the school's all-time coaching win list behind Naismith Hall of Famers John Chaney (516, '82-06) and Harry Litwack (373, '52-73). His 540 wins are the most in Philadelphia Big 5 history.
A full-time educator on and off the court, Dunphy teaches in Temple's prestigious Fox School of Business. He team-teaches an honors course with Dr. Lynne Anderson, entitled, Management, Theory & Practice: From the Locker Room to the Board Room. He previously had served as a lecturer in the Wharton Executive Education program and in the management department of the Wharton School.
Dunphy is one of the leaders in the local Coaches vs. Cancer campaign and was named to the National Council of Coaches vs. Cancer. He was also honored as the 2002 National Coaches vs. Cancer Coach of the Year for his service and tireless dedication to those in need. On September 23, 2008, he joined four other coaches to speak to legislators on Capitol Hill on the need for more funding for cancer research.
The Owl mentor also devotes time to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Philadelphia's Board of Directors, and his Penn and Temple teams have participated in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program each year. He is also a member of the Philadelphia CYO Hall of Fame.
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Penn Athletics Hall of Fame Class X
Jerome B. Allen W09, men's basketball
Brian T. Chaput C04, men's track & field
Francis J. Dunphy, men's basketball (coach)
Robyn Fortsch C87 GED88, women's track & field/women's basketball
Thomas J. Gilmore C86, football
Patrick J. Goodwillie W96, football
Ruthlyn Greenfield-Webster NU92, women's track & field
Joshua M. D. Hall III W85, men's lacrosse
Bruce D. Konopka W78, men's crew
Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan C04, volleyball
Donna Mulhern Woodruff C90 GED00, field hockey/women's lacrosse
John H. Outland 1899, football
Matthew P. Valenti C07, wrestling
Eugene G. Venzke ED36, men's track & field
George A. Weiss W65 HON14, Lifetime Achievement Award
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