Frankie Allen

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Name = Frankie Allen
Sport = Basketball

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Birthplace = Charlottesville, VA
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College = Maryland-Eastern Shore
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CoachYears = 1976–1987
1987–1991
1991–2000
2000–2005
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CoachTeams = Virginia Tech (asst.)
Virginia Tech
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Howard
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Frankie Allen (born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1949) is a men's college basketball coach at Maryland-Eastern Shore. Prior to his current position, he was the head coach at Virginia Tech, cbb link|team=Tennessee State Tigers|title=Tennessee State|school=Tennessee State University, and Howard, as well as an assistant at cfb link|team=Radford Highlanders|school=Radford University|title=Radford. His greatest success was at Tennessee State where he won three Ohio Valley Conference titles and was the 1993 national Coach of the Year. Allen played collegiately under Charles Moir at Roanoke College, where he was the school's first African American athlete. Allen would later coach at Virginia Tech as an assistant under Moir and then follow Moir as the head coach of the Hokies.

Player

Allen played collegiately at Roanoke College, where he was the first recruit of new head coach Charles Moir.cite web|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/timeline/frankie_allen.htm|title=Being a First was Secondary to Being a Star|last=Berrier|first=Ralph|publisher=Roanoke Times] Roanoke's first African-American athlete, Allen is still the all-time leading scorer (2,780 points) and rebounder (1,758) at any level in Virginia college history.cite web|url=http://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2890|title=Frankie Allen Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach|date=2006-09-12|accessdate=2008-01-12] He averaged 24 points and 15 rebounds per game, holds 18 college records, and led Roanoke to its first NCAA tournament appearance in 1968. Allen was the Virginia College Player of the Year in 1969, 1970, and 1971 and was an All-American in 1970 and 1971.

Coach

When his college coach took over the head coaching job at Virginia Tech,

Allen became a men's basketball coach and now has 30 years at the NCAA Division I level. After several years at the high school level, Allen was an assistant at Virginia Tech from 1976 to 1987 helping the team post eight 20-win seasons, four NCAA tournament appearances, and four NIT tournament appearances. Allen then became a head coach; Virginia Tech from 1987 to 1991, Tennessee State University from 1991 to 2000, and Howard University from 2000 to 2005. His head coaching record is 223-284.

Howard fired Allen in 2005 after he went 52-83 in five seasons. Allen had dramatically improved the program (before his tenure the school won only three games in two seasons). The progress was deemed insufficient and he was fired.

In 1988, Allen earned Metro Conference, Virginia Sportswriters, and National Rookie Coach of the Year awards at Virginia Tech. In 1993, he was the Basketball Times National Coach of the Year after leading Tennessee State to an Ohio Valley Conference title and to the school's first NCAA tournament appearance. He lead Tennessee State to a second tournament appearance in 1994.

Allen obtained a master's degree in sports administration from Virginia Tech in 2000. After spending one season as an assistant at Radford University, Allen moved on to take the same position at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

References

External links

* [http://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbball/bio.asp?PLAYER_ID=2942 Bio on UMBC's athletics site]
* [http://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2890 Frankie Allen Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach] (UMBC
* [http://www.ruhighlanders.com/profiles/coaches/Allen.html Frankie Allen - Assistant Coach, Radford University]
* [http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/timeline/frankie_allen.htm Frankie Allen - Black History at Virginia Tech]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/03/25/AR2005032500906.html "Washington Post" - Howard fires Allen]