Bio

Coach Franklin is entering his 1^st year as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Paul D. Camp Community College in the inaugural season for the school.  He has over 20 years of coaching experience and player development, along with over 120 college victories in his career as a Head Coach.

His last Head Coaching position was at American National University for the 2019-2020 season.  They were members of the USCAA and he started the program from scratch, while being named its first ever coach.  At ANU, he was responsible for the overall operation of the program, including recruiting, academics, practice, games, equipment, scheduling and travel plans. 

Prior to starting the program at ANU, he served for 2 years as the Head Coach at Stratford University in Newport News, VA.  After being hired in 2017, he built the Cardinals into a nationally ranked program in the USCAA, being ranked as high as #2 in the nation, while earning a berth in the USCAA National Tournament.  While at Stratford, he coached 3 USCAA All-Americans and was named the 2018-2019 USCAA Division I National Basketball Coach of the Year.  In addition, he was also named the 2018-2019 Small College Sports Coach of the Year. 

From 2010-2017, he was the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at The Apprentice School, where he developed 10 USCAA All-Americans and 3 USCAA Academic All-Americans.  While at the helm of the Builders, they qualified for the USCAA National Tournament on numerous occasions, and he proved to be a strong recruiter within the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.  He had previously served as an Assistant Coach at Apprentice from 2005-2006.

Before coaching in the collegiate ranks, he spent 11 years as a High School and AAU Coach.  From 1999-2004, I served as Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at Nansemond River High School in Suffolk, VA, where he was named Southeastern Coach of the Year twice and Eastern Regional Coach of the Year.  While at Nansemond River, he helped 12 student-athletes continue their education and playing careers at the collegiate level, with 3 of the 12 playing at the Division I level. 

After leaving Nansemond River, he took over the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy program from 2008-2010, while also coaching the Boo Williams 16U Nike Elite Traveling Team (2004-2010).  While with Boo Williams, he won over eighty-five percent of his games over a five-year period.  He also helped develop over 20 Division I student-athletes, as well as five professional athletes (Dorian Finney-Smith (NBA), Mike Scott (NBA), Kent Bazemore (NBA), Tyrod Taylor (NFL) and E.J. Manuel (NFL). 

He played college basketball at Virginia State University from 1989-1992 and currently resides in Suffolk, VA with my wife Sonya who is a Teacher at King’s Fork Middle School.  He have two sons, Franklin II, who is a Teacher at Nansemond River H.S. and Tyler who is a Junior Guard on Hampton University Men’s Basketball Team.