La Salle’s Dunphy, 76, to retire at season’s end

Jeff BorzelloFeb 20, 2025, 04:48 PM ET

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  Dunphy, the winningest coach in Philadelphia Big 5 history, announced on Thursday that he will retire from his position at the end of the 2024-25 season.Dunphy, 76, will shift to the function of special assistant to the president at La Salle, his university, consenting to a life time agreement for that role.”I will forever be glad to La Salle in addition to all

  my fellow coaches and players that I’ve been fortunate to deal with throughout my coaching profession,”Dunphy said.” I am anticipating finishing this season strong with our team, and as I embark on the next chapter of my life, I could not be happier to stay at La Salle and work with President Allen, [athletic director] Ash Puri, and this excellent University that I call home. “Dunphy spent thirty years as a head coach in Philadelphia, winning 623 games at Penn, Temple and La Salle, where he has actually spent the previous three seasons. He made 17 NCAA competition appearances: nine at Penn and eight at Temple– including six directly from 2008-13 when the Owls remained in the Atlantic 10. He won 10 Ivy League regular-season titles, a pair of Atlantic 10 regular-season titles and the 2016 AAC regular-season title.He’s the only coach to helm multiple Huge 5 guys’s basketball programs. “On behalf of La Salle and the whole Philadelphia basketball community, we are happy for Fran Dunphy’s unbelievable service, commitment, and integrity on and off the court

  . He has touched the lives of so many as a good example and as a father figure to his student-athletes, “La Salle president Dr. Daniel J. Allen stated. “I eagerly anticipate continuing to work directly with Fran in his brand-new advisory function and belong to another chapter of his famous profession. “Dunphy started his college coaching profession in 1971 as an assistant coach at Army, likewise hanging out as an assistant at La Salle, American and Penn before ending up being the

  head coach at Penn in 1989. He returned to La Salle in 2022, changing Ashley Howard as the Explorers’head coach. They went 15-19 in his very first year at the helm and 16-17 last season, however have actually struggled this season since starting the project with 4 straight wins. La Salle has lost five in a row to drop to 12-15 total and 4-10 in the Atlantic 10. The school stated it will perform a nationwide search to discover Dunphy’s successor.