American basketball player and coach
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 on August 24, 1948, O'Hanlon was a 1970 graduate of Villanova University , where he played college basketball , including during a 1970 NCAA Tournament basketball game against Saint Bonaventure in which Bob Lanier was tripped up and injured in a collision with Chris Ford .
Professional career
O'Hanlon 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
References
^ Fox, John Jay (March 14, 1995). "Lafayette Job Goes To Penn's Fran O'Hanlon" . The Morning Call .
^ ABA statistics . Retrieved 14 October 2007.
^ O'Brien, Jim, "Floridians' All-Irish Lineup," The Sporting News , February 13, 1971. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Här är utlänningarna som lyckats bäst i Norrköping" . Folkbladet (in Swedish). December 28, 2002. Retrieved November 3, 2017 .
^ Fox, John Jay. "Lafayette Job Goes To Penn's Fran O'Hanlon," The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), Tuesday, March 14, 1995.
^ 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.
^ "Men’s Basketball Season Ends in Overtime Thriller," Lafayette College Athletics, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.