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Basketball Coaching Clinic: Fran Fraschilla
Francis John Fraschilla (born August 30, 1958) is an American basketball commentator and former college basketball coach.
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- Basketball Coaching Clinic Fran Fraschilla
- Building your man to man defense with fran fraschilla
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Building your man to man defense with fran fraschilla
Career
Fraschilla was an assistant coach at Providence for current University of Tennessee coach Rick Barnes. He then served as head men's basketball coach at Manhattan College, St. John's University and the University of New Mexico before joining ESPN as a broadcast analyst. He currently serves as a game analyst, mostly on Big 12 action, and as a studio analyst for ESPN college basketball programming. He also covers the NBA Draft, focusing mostly on foreign players. His co-broadcaster on many Big 12 games previously was Brent Musburger. Fraschilla also serves as ESPN's analyst for its broadcasts of FIBA tournaments.
Personal life
Fraschilla's son, James Fraschilla, played for the University of Oklahoma men's basketball team and was nominated for the Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year Award. His younger son, Matthew Fraschilla, is a senior playing basketball at Harvard University in 2016-17. Fraschilla's wife, Meg O'Connell Fraschilla, is a former publicist at the Southwest Conference and LSU.