PHILADELPHIA (AP) — La Salle has hired former Penn and Temple men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy.
He will take over the sagging program that he led to some of its greatest seasons as a guard in the 1960s.
The 73-year-old Dunphy went 580-325 as head coach and led his teams to 17 NCAA Tournaments. He was at Temple from 2006 to 2019 and coached Penn from 1989 to 2006.
In 2020, he transitioned from Temple coach to acting athletic director.
Dunphy graduated from La Salle in 1970. He says he looks forward to reintroducing himself to the La Salle community.
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"La Salle has given me so much over the years," Dunphy said in a release. "It gave me a chance to be a part of multiple teams as a student-athlete, an opportunity to form life-long friendships, and helped mold me into the man I am today."