The 76-year-old Dunphy will become special assistant to the president at La Salle. He will be honored as part of the Explorers’ game against Duquesne on Feb. 26. Dunphy is ingrained in the Philadelphia hoops scene like few others.

Fran Dunphy became the 34th head coach in Division I history to reach 1,000 games coached on Wednesday night before his retirement at the end of the year at La Salle.

Coach Fran Dunphy, known as “Mr. Big Five," is heading for retirement, but not before coaching one thousand games.

Legendary La Salle coach, Fran Dunphy, is retiring at the end of the basketball season. In a press conference held on Monday, February 24, Coach Dunphy said, ” It’s ridiculous. The

The 76-year-old Dunphy will become special assistant to the president at La Salle. He will be honored as part of the Explorers' game against Duquesne on Feb. 26.

When La Salle hosts Duquesne on Wednesday night, at the on-campus arena that should have been built at 20th and Olney long before, it will be the 1,000th game of Fran Dunphy’s head coaching career in college basketball.