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Manhattan University Athletic Hall of Fame

Fran Fraschilla

  • Class
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Enjoyed tremendous success as the men's basketball coach at Manhattan College from 1992-1996. The winningest coach in the program's history with a .716 (86-34) winning percentage, Fraschilla guided the Jaspers to four straight postseason berths. Under his tutelage, Manhattan won its first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title in his first season in 1993, earning the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. It was the program's first NCAA bid in 35 years. Fraschilla took Manhattan to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1994 and 1996. In 1994-95, he made history by winning a program-record 26 games and earning the MAAC's first at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament, after falling in the MAAC championship game. The Jaspers went on to upset Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Fraschilla owns a program-best 39-5 career home record at Draddy Gymnasium over his four seasons at the helm, which includes the only perfect home season (11-0) in Manhattan history in 1992-93. Fraschilla, the 1995 MAAC Coach of the Year, mentored some of the top Jasper basketball players that have come through the program. He coached seven players who earned All-MAAC honors, including three First Team selections. Fraschilla also coached 1993 MAAC Player of the Year Keith Bullock, 1994 MAAC Rookie of the Year Jason Hoover and 1995 MAAC Rookie of the Year Heshimu Evans. Fraschilla left Manhattan to coach at St. John's University and the University of New Mexico, ending his college coaching career with a record of 175-100. He became an ESPN college basketball analyst in 2003.
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