Weekly Review
News and Events from the campuses of Blinn College
December 22, 2009
Blinn College’s Brad Franchione selected as National Coach of the Year
Blinn College Head Coach Brad Franchione has been named the 2009 American Community College Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year. The award will be presented to Franchione at the American Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year Dinner on Jan. 12 at the AFCA Convention in Orlando.
The Buccaneers earned their second national championship under Franchione by beating Fort Scott (KS) Community College in the Citizens Bank Bowl in Franchione’s hometown of Pittsburg, KS, on Dec. 6.
“To win a national championship and have my fellow coaches honor me as Coach of the Year is a supreme honor,” Franchione said. “The award has my name on it, but it is really a testament to all the great people in our program: our student athletes, our coaches, our college administration, faculty and staff. That is what makes it truly a team effort.”
In his five years at Blinn College, Franchione has amassed a 46-10 record highlighted by two National Championships (2006, 2009). In 2006, Franchione was named the Southwest Junior College Football Conference Coach of the Year, the American Football Monthly Schutt Sports Coach of the Year and the inaugural Sportexe® Football Coach of the Year. He has coached 16 All-Americans during his tenure at Blinn, including four on this year’s list and the 2008 NJCAA Offensive Player of the Year, quarterback Terrance Cain, who now plays for the University of Utah.
Franchione came to Blinn in 2005 from Texas A&M University-Commerce where he was the defensive line coach. He was also an assistant coach at Bacone College in Muskogee, OK (2003-2004), the University of Tennessee-Martin (2002), the University of West Alabama (2001-2002), East Central University in Ada, OK (1999-2001), and Fort Scott (1998). He was a graduate assistant at Arkansas State University (1996-1998), and a student coach at the University of New Mexico (1992-1996) where his father Dennis Franchione was the head coach.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of New Mexico and a master’s degree in education from Arkansas State University.
The ACCFCA is an umbrella organization encompassing the California Community College Football Coaches Association and the National Junior College Football Coaches Association. In 2000, the American Football Coaches Association invited the organizations to meet at the AFCA Convention.
For more information on the AFCA and its programs, log on to the AFCA’s website at www.afca.com.