Card stack
Dennis Franchione, football coach at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M, dies at 75
Compiled Oct 6
What happened
Dennis Franchione, a longtime college football coach, died at age 75
The detail
He coached at Kansas State (as an assistant), New Mexico, TCU, Alabama, Texas A&M and Texas State over a 30+ year career
The detail
He compiled more than 200 wins in his coaching career
The detail
He battled cancer for a decade, with diagnoses in 2016 and 2021, before going into hospice earlier this year
How it unfolded
1978: Franchione began his coaching career as an assistant at Kansas State · after New Mexico (six years): Franchione left New Mexico to take over as TCU head coach · 1999: TCU went 7-5 in his debut season, capped by a Sun Bowl win over USC · 2000: TCU went 10-1 in the regular season, leading to Franchione being hired by Alabama · 2016: Franchione was diagnosed with cancer · 2021: Franchione was diagnosed with cancer again
By the numbers
75 age at death · 200+ career wins · 1978 start of coaching career · 1-10 TCU record before Franchione · 10-1 TCU 2000 regular season record