Fran Dunphy retiring at end of La Salle's season

well the winningest coach in Philadelphia Big Five history is set to sit out after this season today LEL men's basketball coach Fran duny announced he will retire action news reporter Brianna Smith live in University City tonight with more on the impact he's had both on the court and off of it Brianna Rick we're outside the pester where Fran dumpy earned his first head coach position at the University of Pennsylvania but he's ending his career where he began it at Lal University he was a student athlete there and eventually became the head coach and an inspiration to many coach Fran dumpy better known as a basketball legend in Philadelphia and Nationwide coach dumpy is someone that we all look up to uh on and off the court for all that he does after more than 30 years of coaching in the city the laau University men's basketball coach is set to retire after this season before joining Lal in 2022 dumpy also left his Mark at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University and became the only coach to oversee multiple big five men's programs Larry doerty worked with dumpy he went back to LEL really to help out his amam Mater and and make sure that they got the facility their their Arena off the ground you know and he's somebody who really truly loves helping others with more than 600 victories in 17 NCAA tournament appearances under his belt Villanova University head coach Kyle Neptune Praises dumpy for his leadership was definitely not easy to be successful at multiple different schools and that's something that he's done throughout his career but they don't just admire dumpy for who he helped on the court dumpy co-created the local chapter for coaches versus cancer to raise money for research and support those battling the disease he spoke about his efforts at an event in 2024 we're all in that mindset that uh we we are are at our happiest when we were doing something for others and I think that's where we we find ourselves with our coaches versus cancer program it's those wins that do says dumpy is most proud of thanks Fran for everything you've done for Philadelphia basketball for Philadelphia in general and just for the people that you've touched and University leader say dumpy will take on an advisory role as they search for his replacement but as we heard the new coach has some big shoes to fill dumpy will be honored at the next game on February 26 live in University City Brianna Smith Channel 6 Action News Rick all right Brianna thank you for that report