Fran Fraschilla

Francis John Fraschilla (born August 30, 1958) is an American basketball commentator and former college basketball coach.^[1]

Fran Fraschilla

Biographical details
Born	(1958-08-30) August 30, 1958 (age 66) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Brooklyn College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1980	New York Tech (assistant)
1980–1981	Rhode Island (assistant)
1981–1987	Ohio (assistant)
1987–1989	Ohio State (assistant)
1989–1992	Providence (assistant)
1992–1996	Manhattan
1996–1998	St. John's
1999–2002	New Mexico
Head coaching record
Overall	176–99 (.640)
Tournaments	1–3 (NCAA Division I) 3–5 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MAAC regular season (1993, 1995) MAAC tournament (1993)
Awards
MAAC Coach of the Year (1995)

Career

Fraschilla was an assistant coach at University of Rhode Island for Jack Kraft, Ohio University for Danny Nee and Billy Hahn, Ohio State University for Hall of Fame Coach Gary Williams and Providence College for current University of Tennessee coach Rick Barnes. He then served as head men's basketball coach at Manhattan College, St. John's University,^[2] and the University of New Mexico before joining ESPN as a broadcast analyst. He currently serves as a game analyst on Big Monday broadcasts, covering primarily Big 12 action, and as a studio analyst for ESPN college basketball programming. He also covers the NBA draft, focusing mostly on foreign players. His co-broadcaster on many Big 12 games previously was Brent Musburger. Fraschilla also serves as ESPN's analyst for its broadcasts of FIBA tournaments.

Early life and education

Born in Brooklyn, Fraschilla is the oldest of seven children. He attended James Madison High School (Brooklyn) and graduated from Brooklyn College.

Personal life

His son, James Fraschilla, played for the University of Oklahoma men's basketball team and was nominated for the Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year Award. James was later on the basketball staff of the Orlando Magic. His younger son, Matthew Fraschilla, played basketball at Harvard University and later served as an assistant coach.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Manhattan Jaspers (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (1992–1996)
1992–93	Manhattan	23–7	12–2	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Manhattan	20–10	10–4	T–2nd	NIT First Round
1994–95	Manhattan	26–5	12–2	1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
1995–96	Manhattan	17–12	9–5	3rd	NIT First Round
Manhattan:		86–34 (.717)	43–13 (.768)
St. John's Red Storm (Big East Conference) (1996–1998)
1996–97	St. John's	13–14	8–10	T–4th (BE6)
1997–98	St. John's	22–10	13–5	2nd (BE6)	NCAA Division I First Round
St. John's:		35–24 (.593)	21–15 (.583)
New Mexico Lobos (Mountain West Conference) (1999–2002)
1999–00	New Mexico	18–14	9–5	3rd	NIT Second Round
2000–01	New Mexico	21–13	6–8	T–5th	NIT Quarterfinal
2001–02	New Mexico	16–14	6–8	6th	NIT First Round
New Mexico:		55–41 (.573)	21–21 (.500)
Total:		176–99 (.640)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion