 Franchione at the 2015 Sun Belt Media day | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 28, 1951 Girard, Kansas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Pittsburg State University (1973) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1973–1974 | Miller HS (MO) |
| 1975 | Mulvane HS (KS) (assistant) |
| 1976–1977 | Peabody-Burns HS (KS) |
| 1978–1980 | Kansas State (WR) |
| 1981–1982 | Southwestern (KS) |
| 1983–1984 | Tennessee Tech (OC) |
| 1985–1989 | Pittsburg State |
| 1990–1991 | Southwest Texas State |
| 1992–1997 | New Mexico |
| 1998–2000 | TCU |
| 2001–2002 | Alabama |
| 2003–2007 | Texas A&M |
| 2011–2015 | Texas State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1988–1989 | Pittsburg State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 213–135–2 |
| Bowls | 4–3 |
| Tournaments | 5–4 (NAIA D-I playoffs) 1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 KCAC (1982) 4 CIAC (1985–1988) 1 MIAA (1989) 2 WAC (1999–2000) 1 WAC Mountain Division (1997) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× NAIA Division I Coach of the Year (1986–1987) 2× AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (1989–1990) Kansas Sports Hall of Fame[1] | |
Dennis Wayne Franchione (born March 28, 1951) is a former American college football coach. He is the former head football coach at Texas State University, a position he held from 1990 to 1991, when the school was known as Southwest Texas State University, and resumed from 2011 to 2015. Franchione has also served as the head football coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas (1981–1982), Pittsburg State University (1985–1989), the University of New Mexico (1992–1997), Texas Christian University (1998–2000), the University of Alabama (2001–2002), and Texas A&M University (2003–2007). In his 27 seasons as a head coach in college football, Franchione won eight conference championships and one divisional crown.
- ^ "See the newest members of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame". Wichita Eagle. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.