La Salle coach Dunphy marks 600th career win
Nov 26, 2023, 05:01 PM ET PHILADELPHIA– La Salle coach Fran Dunphy won his 600th profession game, striking the milestone Sunday in the Explorers’ 81-62 win over Coppin State.Dunphy, 75, is
the 43rd NCAA Department I coach to win 600 games.Dunphy won 310
games as head coach at Penn from 1989 to 2006 and 270 at Temple from 2006 to 2019.
“I’ve been in training a lot of years and appreciate of the guys that played for me,” Dunphy said Sunday.Dunphy was coaxed out of retirement last season to lead the program where he functioned as co-captain and assisted the Explorers to a 23-1 record in 1969 under coach Tom Gola. Dunphy led the Explorers to 15 wins last year, and they are 5-1 this season.Editor’s Picks Employed as coach in 1989 after one season as an assistant under Tom Schneider, Dunphy had losing seasons
his first 2 years at Penn before leading it to a 16-10 mark in 1991-92. That began a run of Ivy League dominance that consisted of 10 Ivy League titles.The Quakers won 48 straight Ivy League games from 1992 to 1996. Dunphy prospered Hall of Fame coach John Chaney at Temple in 2006 and led the Owls to 8 NCAA tournament appearances. He led the Owls to a few of their greatest upsets, consisting of 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 won the AAC championship in 2015-16 when the Owls went 14-4. Dunphy also earned a master’s degree at Villanova and is the only individual to coach three location Huge 5 teams.La Salle won a national championship in 1954 and was runners-up in 1955. However NCAA competition trips have actually
been rather rare through the decades. The Explorers haven’t been a part of March Madness because a Sweet 16 run in 2013. They haven’t had a winning record since 2014-15. Yet, Dunphy said quickly after he was hired last season he was thrilled about the opportunity to assist lead La Salle toward much better days on the court.” I didn’t believe it would happen like this, but there’s only one location where it would have occurred, which’s La Salle, “he said.”I appreciate their self-confidence that I could help. I’m doing an excellent job, then let me know. If it’s time for someone else to do it, that’ll be
OK, too.” Dunphy was happy in retirement and wasn’t sure he wanted to go back to training– even at La Salle– till” that last ask, I stated,’OK, I’ll try my finest.'”His finest has Dunphy at 600 wins and counting.