Fran Fraschilla

ESPN College Basketball Analyst

Fran Fraschilla joined ESPN as a college basketball game and studio analyst in 2003. He has served as the analyst on ESPN’s Big Monday Big 12 telecast since the 2004 season. In addition to men’s college basketball, Fraschilla has been an analyst on ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage since 2004 (CORRECT DATE?) and the network’s NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship since 2006.

Fraschilla had coached at the collegiate level for 23 years, posting an overall record of 175-100. When he joined ESPN, he ranked as the 34th winningest active coach in men’s college basketball. His teams made eight post-season appearances in nine years, including three NCAA appearances (1993, 1995 and 1998).

Fraschilla served as the head coach at the University of New Mexico from 1999 to 2002, reaching the Mountain West Conference Championship game and the third round of the NIT in 2001. He received the NABC Literacy Pioneer Award for his work on the “Dream to Read” program in 2000.

Fraschilla served as the head coach for St. John’s University from 1996-1998. In 1998, he led the Red Storm to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. Prior to St. John’s, Fraschilla was the head coach at Manhattan College from 1992-1996 where his teams reached the post-season all four years with two NCAA and two NIT appearances. In 1995, the team won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship and he was named Metro Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year, National Association Basketball Coaches District II Coach of the Year, Eastern Basketball Coach of the Year, and Metropolitan Basketball Writers Coach of the Year.

Before becoming a head coach, Fraschilla worked as an assistant basketball coach for five teams including, Providence College, Ohio State University, Ohio University, University of Rhode Island, and New York Tech.

Fraschilla has been active in several charity organizations. He has participated in the NABC/American Cancer Society “Coaches vs. Cancer 3 – Point Attack,” NY State Special Olympics, The O’Hara Foundation, St. John’s Bread and Life, and White Plains Parks and Recreation. He was the Chairman for the NABC Committee on Academics 1994 to 2002. Fraschilla served as an Honorary Chairman for the 2000 New Mexico Special Olympics Summer Games, as well as the Honorary Chairman for the UNM Library Development program.

Fraschilla was graduated from Brooklyn College with a bachelor’s degree in american history in 1980.

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