Dennis Franchione
American college football coach
Dennis Wayne Franchione (born March 28, 1951) is an American former college football coach. He was a head coach for 27 seasons at an assortment of schools. He was at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas (1981–1982), Pittsburg State University (1985–1989), Southwest Texas State University (1990-1991), the University of New Mexico (1992–1997), Texas Christian University (1998–2000), the University of Alabama (2001–2002), Texas A&M University (2003–2007) and then back at Southwest Texas, by then known as Texas State University, from 2011 to 2015. In his 27 seasons as a head coach in college football, Franchione won eight conference championships and one divisional crown.
Personal life
Franchione was born in Girard, Kansas. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1973 from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. Franchione and his wife, the former Kim Kraus, began dating after he took her on a tour of his alma mater, Pittsburg State, at the request of her father. They married shortly after, in 1977, while living in Peabody, Kansas. The couple have two daughters, Elizabeth Ann and Ashley Renee. Brad Franchione, his son from a previous marriage, was the head football coach at Blinn College prior to his most recent position with his father at Texas State.
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