Brad Franchione
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| Brad Franchione | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Blinn College | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 19-3 | |
| Place of birth | Joplin, Missouri | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 19-3 | |
| Championships | ||
| NJCAA National Championship (2006) | ||
| Awards | ||
| Southwest Junior College Conference Coach of the Year (2006) | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1998 1999-2001 2001-2002 2002 2003-2004 2004 2005-present |
Fort Scott Community College East Central University University of West Alabama University of Tennessee-Martin Bacone College Texas A&M University-Commerce Blinn |
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Bradley Todd Franchione (born Joplin, Missouri) is the head football coach at Blinn College.
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[edit] Early life
Franchione is the son of college football coach Dennis Franchione and Linda Solomon. Franchione was born in Miller, Missouri, and was grew up near Pittsburg, KS.. He graduated from Pittsburg (Kansas) High School, and earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1996 from the University of New Mexico. Two years later he received his M.S. in education from Arkansas State University. Franchione began his coaching career while still in college. He was a student coach assisting the secondary at the University of New Mexico from 1992-1996, and served as a graduate assistant with the offense at Arkansas State from 1996-1998.
[edit] Early career
After his graduation from Arkansas State, Franchione received his first official coaching job as an assistant at Fort Scott Community College, working with quarterbacks and the punt team and serving as video coordinator. After a year there, Franchione move to East Central University, where from 1999-2001 he was the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator, as well as the academic and special teams coordinator. He helped lead their 2000 team to its first winning season in 17 years.
In 2001-2002, Franchione was an assistant coach at the University of West Alabama, where he worked with linebackers and the punt and kickoff teams. He held the same position at the University of Tennessee-Martin in 2002.
The next season (2003-2004), Franchione was an associate head coach, defensive coordinator, and recruiting coordinator at Bacone College. The team earned second place in the Central States Intercollegiate Football Conference.
In 2005, Franchione served as defensive line coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce. In his single season there, he was also the academic, travel, and video coordinator for the team. He was responsible for recruiting at Kansas junior colleges and in central Texas, an area that included his next school, Blinn.
[edit] Blinn College
In only his 10th year as a coach, Franchione earned his first head coaching opportunity when he was hired to coach the Blinn Buccaneers in Brenham, Texas in January 2005. In their 2006 season, Franchione's second year as their coach, the team had a perfect 12-0 season and earned a national championship when they were awarded the number one ranking in the final NJCAA Football Poll of the 2006 season. The team's defense was ranked number one in the country, giving up an average of only 129 yard per game, and allowing only 39 rushing yards per game. Four of the team's players were named NJCAA All-Americans. For his coaching efforts, Franchione was named the 2006 Southwest Junior College Conference Coach of the Year and the Sportex 2006 National Junior College Coach of the Year.
[edit] Family
Franchione is married. He and his wife Rebecca have a son, Wyatt (born 2004) and a daughter, Isabella (born 2006).
