Last Updated: November 27, 2023, 03:30 IST
PHILADELPHIA: La Salle coach Fran Dunphy gained his 600th profession sport, hitting the milestone Sunday within the Explorers’ 81-62 win over Coppin State.
The 75-year-old Dunphy is the forty third NCAA Division I coach to win 600 video games.
Dunphy gained 310 video games as head coach at Penn from 1989-2006, and 270 at Temple from 2006-19.
“I’ve been in coaching a lot of years and am appreciative of the guys that played for me,” Dunphy mentioned on Sunday.
Dunphy was coaxed out of retirement final season to steer this system the place he served as co-captain and helped the Explorers to a 23-1 report in 1969 underneath coach Tom Gola. Dunphy led the Explorers to fifteen wins final 12 months and they’re 5-1 this season.
Hired as coach in 1989 after one season as an assistant underneath Tom Schneider, Dunphy had dropping seasons his first two years at Penn earlier than main it to a 16-10 mark in 1991-92. That began a run of Ivy League dominance that included 10 Ivy League titles.
The Quakers gained 48 straight Ivy League video games from 1992-96.
Dunphy succeeded Hall of Fame coach John Chaney at Temple in 2006 and led the Owls to eight NCAA Tournament appearances. He led the Owls to a few of their largest upsets, together with wins over No. 3 Villanova in 2009, No. 5 Duke in 2012, No. 3 Syracuse in 2012, No. 10 Kansas in 2014 and No. 8 SMU in 2016.
He gained the AAC championship in 2015-16 when the Owls went 14-4.
Dunphy additionally earned a grasp’s diploma at Villanova and is the one particular person to educate three Big 5 groups.
La Salle gained a nationwide championship in 1954 and was nationwide runner-ups in 1955. But NCAA Tournament journeys have been fairly uncommon by way of the many years. The Explorers haven’t been part of March Madness since a Sweet 16 run in 2013. They haven’t had a profitable report since 2014-15.
Yet, Dunphy defined shortly after he was employed final season he was excited concerning the likelihood to assist lead La Salle towards higher days on the court docket.
“I didn’t think it would happen like this, but there’s only one place where it would have happened, and that’s La Salle,” he mentioned. “I appreciate their confidence that I could help. I’m doing a good job, then let me know. If it’s time for somebody else to do it, that’ll be OK, too.”
Dunphy was completely happy in retirement and wasn’t positive he needed to return to teaching — even at La Salle — till “that last ask, I said, OK, I’ll try my best.”
His finest has Dunphy at 600 wins and counting.
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