Fran O'Hanlon

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Fran O'Hanlon
Personal information
Born (1948-08-24) August 24, 1948 (age 75)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt. Thomas More
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College Villanova (1967–1970)
NBA draft 1970: 8th round, 131st overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1970–1982
Position Guard
Number10
Coaching career1982–2022
Career history
As player:
1970–1971 Miami Floridians
1975–1982 Hageby BK
As coach:
1982–1983Panteras de Lara
1983–1984 Hapoel Haifa
1984–1985 Temple (women's asst.)
1985–1986 Maccabi Haifa
1986–1989 Monsignor Bonner HS
1989–1995 Penn (assistant)
1995–2022 Lafayette
Career highlights and awards
As Player:
  • Swedish Basketball League champion (1980)

As Coach:

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Francis Brian O'Hanlon (born August 24, 1948) is a retired American college basketball coach who was the head men's basketball coach at Lafayette College from 1995 to 2022. [1]

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, O'Hanlon played college basketball at Villanova University, from where he graduated in 1970. O 'Hanlon played in an infamous 1970 NCAA Tournament basketball game against Saint Bonaventure, when Bob Lanier was tripped up and injured in a collision with Chris Ford.

He played professional basketball for the Miami Floridians of the ABA in the 1970–71 season [2] despite being a Philadelphia 76ers draft pick in the 8th round of the 1970 NBA draft. He was the only Floridians player whose surname on the back of his jersey didn't need to be embellished with an O' prefix in a publicity stunt for the first game of a Saint Patrick's Day doubleheader versus the Utah Stars at Madison Square Garden in 1971. [3] From 1975 to 1982, O'Hanlon played overseas with Hageby Basket in Sweden. [4]

O'Hanlon was appointed to succeed John Leone as the 21st head coach in Lafayette Leopards men's basketball history on March 13, 1995. [5] He announced on January 21, 2022 his retirement following the conclusion of his 27th season with the Leopards. [6] His final game was an 82–81 overtime home loss to Bucknell at Kirby Sports Center in the Patriot League tournament first round on March 1. [7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Lafayette Leopards (Patriot League)(1995–2022)
1995–96 Lafayette 7–204–85th
1996–97 Lafayette 11–175–7T–4th
1997–98 Lafayette 19–910–2T–1st
1998–99 Lafayette 22–810–21st NCAA round of 64
1999–2000 Lafayette 24–711–1T–1st NCAA round of 64
2000–01 Lafayette 12–164–8T–5th
2001–02 Lafayette 15–148–6T–3rd
2002–03 Lafayette 13–166–86th
2003–04 Lafayette 18–109–5T–3rd
2004–05 Lafayette 10–186–8T–5th
2005–06 Lafayette 11–175–95th
2006–07 Lafayette 9–213–118th
2007–08 Lafayette 15–156–8T–5th
2008–09 Lafayette 8–224–10T–7th
2009–10 Lafayette 19–138–63rd
2010–11 Lafayette 13–196–8T-4th
2011–12 Lafayette 13–177–75th
2012–13 Lafayette 19–1510–4T–2nd
2013–14 Lafayette 11–206–127th
2014–15 Lafayette 20–139–9T–4th NCAA round of 64
2015–16 Lafayette 6–243–1510th
2016–17 Lafayette 9–215–13T–9th
2017–18 Lafayette 10–217–117th
2018–19 Lafayette 10–207–11T–7th
2019–20 Lafayette 19–1210–8T–4th
2020–21 Lafayette 9–69–51st (Central)
2021–22 Lafayette 10–207–11T-7th
Lafayette:361–433 (.455)204–213 (.489)
Total:361–433 (.455)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

  1. ↑ Fox, John Jay (March 14, 1995). "Lafayette Job Goes To Penn's Fran O'Hanlon". The Morning Call .
  2. ↑ ABA statistics. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Jim, "Floridians' All-Irish Lineup," The Sporting News, February 13, 1971. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Här är utlänningarna som lyckats bäst i Norrköping". Folkbladet (in Swedish). December 28, 2002. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Fox, John Jay. "Lafayette Job Goes To Penn's Fran O'Hanlon," The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), Tuesday, March 14, 1995.
  6. ↑ Feinstein, John. "A college basketball legend announces his retirement, and the sport is worse for it," The Washington Post, Friday, January 21, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Men’s Basketball Season Ends in Overtime Thriller," Lafayette College Athletics, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
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