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{{Short description|American football coach (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dennis Franchione
| image = SunBeltMD-2015-0720-DennisFranchione.png
| alt = 
| caption = Franchione at the 2015 Sun Belt Media day
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|3|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Girard, Kansas]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = [[Pittsburg State University]] (1973)
| coach_years1 = 1973–1974
| coach_team1 = [[Miller, Missouri|Miller HS (MO)]]
| coach_years2 = 1975
| coach_team2 = [[Mulvane High School|Mulvane HS (KS)]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1976–1977
| coach_team3 = [[Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School|Peabody-Burns HS (KS)]]
| coach_years4 = 1978–1980
| coach_team4 = [[Kansas State Wildcats football|Kansas State]] (WR)
| coach_years5 = 1981–1982
| coach_team5 = [[Southwestern Moundbuilders football|Southwestern (KS)]]
| coach_years6 = 1983–1984
| coach_team6 = [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football|Tennessee Tech]] ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]])
| coach_years7 = 1985–1989
| coach_team7 = [[Pittsburg State Gorillas football|Pittsburg State]]
| coach_years8 = 1990–1991
| coach_team8 = [[Texas State Bobcats football|Southwest Texas State]]
| coach_years9 = 1992–1997
| coach_team9 = [[New Mexico Lobos football|New Mexico]]
| coach_years10 = 1998–2000
| coach_team10 = [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]
| coach_years11 = 2001–2002
| coach_team11 = [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]
| coach_years12 = 2003–2007
| coach_team12 = [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| coach_years13 = 2011–2015
| coach_team13 = Texas State
| admin_years1 = 1988–1989
| admin_team1 = [[Pittsburg State Gorillas|Pittsburg State]]
| overall_record = 213–135–2
| bowl_record = 4–3
| tournament_record = 5–4 (NAIA D-I playoffs)<br/>1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 1 [[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference|KCAC]] (1982)<br />4 [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|CIAC]] (1985–1988)<br />1 [[Mid–America Intercollegiate Athletics Association|MIAA]] (1989)<br />2 [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] (1999–2000)<br />1 [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC Mountain Division]] (1997)
| awards = 2× [[NAIA Football Coach of the Year Award|NAIA Division I Coach of the Year]] (1986–1987)<br />2× [[American Football Coaches Association|AFCA]] Regional Coach of the Year (1989–1990)<br />[[Kansas Sports Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kansas.com/sports/other-sports/article154884279.html|newspaper=[[Wichita Eagle]]|access-date=June 8, 2017|date=June 7, 2017|title=See the newest members of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref>
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Dennis Wayne Franchione''' (born March 28, 1951) is an American former [[college football]] coach. He is the former head football coach at [[Texas State University–San Marcos|Texas State University]], a position he held from 1990 to 1991, when the school was known as Southwest Texas State University, and resumed from 2011 to 2015. Franchione has also served as the head football coach at [[Southwestern College (Kansas)|Southwestern College]] in [[Winfield, Kansas]] (1981–1982), [[Pittsburg State University]] (1985–1989), the [[University of New Mexico]] (1992–1997), [[Texas Christian University]] (1998–2000), the [[University of Alabama]] (2001–2002), and [[Texas A&M University]] (2003–2007). In his 27 seasons as a head coach in [[college football]], Franchione won eight conference championships and one divisional crown.

==Personal life==
Franchione was born in [[Girard, Kansas]]. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1973 from [[Pittsburg State University]] in [[Pittsburg, Kansas]]. Franchione and his wife, the former Kim Kraus, began dating after he took her on a tour of his alma mater, Pittsburg State, at the request of her father. They married shortly after, in 1977, while living in [[Peabody, Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hensley |first=Laura |date=December 26, 2004 |title=Wife helps Franchione balance life on, off the football field |url=http://www.aggiesports.com/football/news/122604kimfran.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504115338/http://www.aggiesports.com/football/news/122604kimfran.htm |archive-date=2006-05-04 |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=AggieSports}}</ref> The couple have two daughters, Elizabeth Ann and Ashley Renee. [[Brad Franchione]], his son from a previous marriage, was the head football coach at [[Blinn College]] prior to his most recent position with his father at [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State]]. Brad and his wife, Rebecca, have three children.

==Coaching career==
===Early career===
After graduating from Pittsburg State, Franchione was the head football coach at Miller High School in [[Miller, Missouri]], from 1973 to 1978. He then was an assistant coach at Mulvane High School in [[Mulvane, Kansas]], in 1975. From 1976 to 1977, he was the head coach at [[Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School|Peabody-Burns High School]] in [[Peabody, Kansas]].<ref>[http://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/Viewer/?fn=the_peabody_gazette-herald_usa_kansas_peabody_19780202_english_1 ''Franchione Hired To KSU Coaching Staff''; Peabody Gazette Herald; February 2, 1978.]</ref> In 1978, Franchione was hired to be an assistant coach at [[Kansas State University]], a position he held until he was hired to be the head coach at [[Southwestern College Moundbuilders|Southwestern College]] in [[Winfield, Kansas]], in 1981. During his two years at Southwestern, he led the team to a 14–4–2 record, a [[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference]] title, and a [[Sunflower Bowl]] win. His 9 wins in 1982 tied the school record and was Southwestern's most since 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=563 |title=Team Records |publisher=Southwestern College Moundbuilders |access-date=June 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905040526/http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=563 |archive-date=September 5, 2007 }}</ref>
[[File:Dennis Franchione.jpg|thumb|Franchione in 1989]]
After two seasons as [[offensive coordinator]] at [[Tennessee Technological University|Tennessee Tech]] in 1983 and 1984, Franchione was hired as the head coach at his alma mater, Pittsburg State University. During his five seasons with the Gorillas, he led the team to a 53–6 record, 37–1 in conference, won five conference titles, and was named [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] National Coach of the Year twice. He tied the school record for victories in a single season three times before breaking it with the 12 victories of his 1989 team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pittstategorillas.com/football/records/coaches.pdf |title=Pitt State Football Records |publisher=Pittsburg State Gorillas |access-date=June 21, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141155/http://www.pittstategorillas.com/football/records/coaches.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 29, 2007}}</ref><ref name=Chron75>{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/texasam/5251825.html|title=There's no need to sugarcoat it anymore: Franchione must go|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=October 29, 2007|date=October 28, 2007|author=Campbell, Steve}}</ref> In 1990, he joined [[Texas State University-San Marcos|Texas State University]], where he spent two years and compiled a 13–9 record.

===New Mexico===
In 1992, Franchione took his first head coaching job in Division I-A at the [[New Mexico Lobos football|University of New Mexico]]. In his six seasons at New Mexico, he led the Lobos to a 33–36 record, including a 9–4 mark in 1997, which earned the Lobos a [[Western Athletic Conference]] Mountain Division Championship and an invitation to play in the [[1997 Insight.com Bowl]], their first bowl berth since 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mountainwest/new_mexico/bowl_history.php |title=New Mexico Bowl History |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=November 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516061722/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mountainwest/new_mexico/bowl_history.php |archive-date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref>

===TCU===
In 1998, Franchione became the head coach at [[Texas Christian University|TCU]] and promptly turned their fortunes around, going from 1–10 the year before to 7–5 and a berth in the [[1998 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]], where the [[TCU Horned Frogs football|Horned Frogs]] defeated [[USC Trojans football|Southern California]] and set the record for fewest rushing yards allowed in a bowl game. He again led the Horned Frogs to a bowl game in 1999 on the legs of junior tailback [[LaDainian Tomlinson]], who led the nation in rushing. Going into the 2000 season, the Frogs were being touted as a possible [[BCS Bowl#BCS bowl games|BCS Bowl]] contender before a disappointing loss to [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]. Despite the loss, the Frogs finished the season 10–1, were co-champions of the Western Athletic Conference, and accepted a bid to the [[2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl]]. Before the scheduled bowl game, Franchione accepted a head-coaching offer by the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|University of Alabama]]. Franchione was voted by TCU players to lead the team in the bowl game, which Franchione's defensive coordinator and newly named head coach [[Gary Patterson]] supported; however, after some controversy at the Heisman Trophy ceremony, TCU Athletic Director [[Eric Hyman]] reversed the vote, preventing Franchione from coaching the bowl game.<ref>[http://media.cnnsi.com/football/college/2000/bowls/news/2000/12/19/tcu_patterson_ap/ CNNSI.com - 2000 NCAA Football Bowls - Mobile - TCU's Patterson set for head coaching debut - Tuesday December 19, 2000 02:51 PM<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030142/http://media.cnnsi.com/football/college/2000/bowls/news/2000/12/19/tcu_patterson_ap/ |date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2000/heisman/news/2000/12/09/closer_look/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124074100/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2000/heisman/news/2000/12/09/closer_look/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 24, 2001 | work=CNN | title=TCU's Tomlinson finishes distant fourth, feels like 'fluke' | access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>

During Franchione's three years at TCU, he led the Horned Frogs to their first bowl victory since 1957, their first top-25 finish since 1959, and held the highest winning percentage among TCU coaches since [[Francis Schmidt]] (1929–1933).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mountainwest/texas_christian/in_the_polls.php |title=Texas Christian in the Polls |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=June 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014632/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mountainwest/texas_christian/in_the_polls.php |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/bowls05/news/story?page=houston_2628_history |title=TCU bowl history |work=[[ESPN.com]] |date=December 4, 2005 |access-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref>

===Alabama===
Franchione became the head coach at the [[University of Alabama]] in 2001 and led the team, which had posted a 3–8 record the prior season, to a 7–5 record in 2001 and a 10–3 record in 2002. The 2001 team won the [[2001 Independence Bowl|Independence Bowl]], Alabama's first bowl win in five seasons. The 2002 team finished with a 6–2 conference record, placing first in the West Division of the [[Southeastern Conference]]. However, due to [[NCAA]] sanctions resulting from violations of the previous Alabama head coach, [[Mike DuBose]], the 2002 team was ineligible for postseason games, including the [[SEC Championship Game]].

Alabama officials offered Franchione a 10-year contract extension worth $15 million. Franchione, however, did not sign the offer.{{r|ap20040728}} Following the dismissal of [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]] head coach [[R. C. Slocum]], Franchione publicly denied before the 2002 [[Iron Bowl]] a rumor that he would replace Slocum.<ref name="scarborough20180711">{{Cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24011044/message-boards-texags-tigerdroppings-keep-college-football-weird |title=The weird, wild world of college football message boards |last=Scarborough |first=Alex |date=July 11, 2018 |work=ESPN |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> On December 5, 2002, Franchione flew to Texas to interview for the A&M job. His decision was influenced by the NCAA sanctions placed on Alabama, which included a two-year bowl ban, the loss of 21 scholarships over three years, and five years' probation. Franchione did not return to Alabama after being hired, instead informing players of his decision to accept the job at A&M by [[video teleconference]].<ref name="ap20040728">{{Cite magazine |url=http://robots.cnnsi.com/2004/football/ncaa/07/28/bc.fbc.franchionereturn.ap |title=Texas A&M coach ready to end moving days |date=July 28, 2004 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016144656/http://robots.cnnsi.com/2004/football/ncaa/07/28/bc.fbc.franchionereturn.ap/ |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

===Texas A&M===
====2003–2006 seasons====
Upon being hired by Texas A&M, Franchione brought the majority of his coaching staff with him to [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] for the 2003 season. Franchione signed a contract that was set to pay him a yearly salary of $1.7 million through 2010.<ref name=BCSE>{{cite news|url=http://www.theeagle.com/local/CoachFrantimelineatTexasA_M|title=Coach Fran timeline at Texas A&M|work=[[The Bryan-College Station Eagle|Bryan-College Station Eagle]]|access-date=November 24, 2007|date=November 24, 2007|author=Eagle Staff|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071126074636/http://www.theeagle.com/local/CoachFrantimelineatTexasA_M|archive-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref> The Aggies finished the 2003 season with a 4–8 record, including a nationally televised 77–0 loss to [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]], the worst loss in A&M's history. The season also marked the first losing season for the Aggies in 21 years.

In the 2004 season, Franchione attempted the rebuilding process as the team improved to a 7–5 record, and a 5–3 record in [[Big 12|conference play]], including a 35–34 [[Overtime (sports)#American and Canadian football|overtime]] loss to unranked [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]] at [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], ending a 13-game winning streak the Aggies had with Baylor and a 32–25 [[Overtime (sports)#American and Canadian football|overtime]] win over the then #25 [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] at Kyle Field, snapping a three-game skid to the Red Raiders. The Aggies ended up advancing to the [[Cotton Bowl Classic]] to play #17 [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]], but lost 38–7. Following the bowl game, A&M officials extended Franchione's contract through 2012 and raised his salary to $2 million.<ref name=BCSE/> In June 2005, prior to the 2005 season, Franchione donated $1 million to the A&M athletic department. The donation went toward the construction of an indoor practice facility, which was located adjacent to [[Kyle Field]]. It has since been replaced with a new facility.

In the 2005 season, Franchione's Aggies, who were ranked 17th in the [[preseason]] [[AP Poll]], regressed to a 5–6 record. The 2005 Aggie defense ranked 107th nationally (out of 119 [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] [[NCAA]] teams) and allowed 443.8 yards per game. This prompted Franchione to dismiss [[defensive coordinator]] [[Carl Torbush]]. Franchione then hired former [[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]] head coach [[Gary Darnell]] to replace Torbush.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/121605dnspotamulede.12684713.html|title=A&M starts pumping up Darnell|newspaper=Dallas Morning News|access-date=November 24, 2007|date=December 16, 2005|author=Davis, Brian}}</ref>

In the 2006 season, the Aggies again rebounded under Franchione, posting a 9–3 regular season record that included Franchione's first win over rival [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]. The 9–3 record also marked the most wins for A&M since 1998. However, in that season's [[2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team#Texas A.26M University|Oklahoma game]], which [[College GameDay (football)|ESPN's College GameDay]] visited, Franchione was criticized by fans for making a [[Field goal (football)|field goal]] call with 3:28 left in the game. The 18th-ranked Sooners ended up defeating the 21st-ranked Aggies, 17–16.<ref name=BCSE/> In the [[postseason]], the Aggies faced 20th-ranked [[California Golden Bears football|California]] in the [[Holiday Bowl]] and lost 45–10.

====2007 season====
===== Newsletter controversy =====
On September 27, 2007, Franchione discontinued selling a secret email newsletter to [[Booster club|athletic boosters]] who paid $1,200 annually for team information that Franchione had refused to release to the public. The newsletter, called "VIP Connection", had been written by Franchione's personal assistant, former ''[[Kansas City Star]]'' columnist Mike McKenzie, and included specific injury reports, recruitment information, and Franchione's critical assessments of players. Started in the fall of 2004, the newsletter attracted 27 recipients, six of whom received the newsletter for free. Twenty of the recipients have been disclosed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA101207.06D.FBC_aggie_recipients.en.38f1a57.html |title=College Football: List of A&M's VIP Connections recipients |work=San Antonio Express-News |access-date=October 13, 2007 |date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015045147/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA101207.06D.FBC_aggie_recipients.en.38f1a57.html |archive-date=October 15, 2007 }}</ref> The boosters were asked to sign a confidentiality statement to assure the information in the newsletter would not be used for gambling. Though Franchione and McKenzie denied gaining profit from the newsletter, Franchione stated that proceeds went to the company that managed his now-defunct website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20061219230935/http://www.coachfran.com/ coachfran.com]. The newsletter was discovered by athletic director [[Bill Byrne (athletic director)|Bill Byrne]] after it was presented to him by a ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'' reporter, who had received it through an unidentified A&M booster. After Byrne made clear to Franchione that he did not approve of the newsletter, Franchione discontinued it.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA092807.01D.FBC.Aggies.Franchione.en.34050d6.html| title = Big 12 Football: Franchione stops selling A&M info | work = [[San Antonio Express-News]] | access-date = September 28, 2007 | date = September 27, 2007 | last = Zwerneman | first = Brent |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001143751/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA092807.01D.FBC.Aggies.Franchione.en.34050d6.html|archive-date = October 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://sports.yahoo.com/news/paper-trail-190500610--ncaaf.html| title = Paper trail | work = [[Yahoo! Sports]] | access-date = July 21, 2017| date = September 28, 2007 | last = Wetzel | first = Dan | author-link = Dan Wetzel }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5172712.html | title = Franchione stops selling inside info to big boosters| work = [[Houston Chronicle]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521185226/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5172712.html|archive-date=May 21, 2011 | date = September 28, 2007 | last = Harris | first = Terrance }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092907dnspofrannewsletter.ea6643.html | title = Franchione sold Aggies' secrets to donors | work = [[Dallas Morning News]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202172120/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092907dnspofrannewsletter.ea6643.html | archive-date = December 2, 2008 | date = September 28, 2007 | last = Davis | first = Bryan | url-status = dead }}</ref> ESPN's [[Pat Forde]] speculated that the newsletter's existence had been revealed by a recipient who felt chagrin at the Aggies' lackluster effort against Miami;<ref name=Forde>{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/columns/story?id=3124859|title=Franchione tenure marked by mediocrity, embarrassment|last=Forde|first=Pat|author-link=Pat Forde|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=November 23, 2007}}</ref> the Aggies lost 34–17 after being down 31–0 going into the fourth quarter.

The last issue of the newsletter, dated September 13, 2007, revealed that Franchione earned a net profit of $37,806.32 from the newsletter. In a press conference the following Tuesday, October 2, Franchione apologized in front of A&M football players and expressed his love for the job and the university, and his desire to "elevate the program to its highest level." A&M players also expressed their support for Franchione as a coach.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/093007dnspobaylorsider.2b6f40d.html | title = Franchione tells players newsletter a mistake | work = [[Dallas Morning News]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080207155118/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/093007dnspobaylorsider.2b6f40d.html | archive-date = February 7, 2008 | date = September 30, 2007 | last = Davis | first = Bryan | url-status = dead }}</ref> Shortly after, an investigation had been launched to look into the matter, conducted by Bill Byrne and A&M's [[NCAA]] [[Compliance (regulation)|compliance officer]], David Batson. The investigation concluded that Franchione violated two NCAA rules and one of the [[Big 12]]'s sportsmanship policies.<ref name="finds violations">{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101207dnspotamulede.86c1dc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116053214/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101207dnspotamulede.86c1dc.html|archive-date=November 16, 2007|title=Texas A&M finds violations in newsletters|author=Davis, Brian|work=Dallas Morning News|date=October 12, 2007|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref> These findings were in turn reported to the NCAA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/texasam/stories/111507dnsoagdate.4936fb9.html|title=A&M forwards 'VIP' report to NCAA|work=Dallas Morning News|access-date=November 15, 2007|date=November 15, 2007|author=Davis, Brian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118021346/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/texasam/stories/111507dnsoagdate.4936fb9.html|archive-date=November 18, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The NCAA requires coaches to submit reports that include "athletically related income and benefits from sources outside of the institution", which is also required by Franchione's contract.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2007 |title=Source says Texas A&M, Franchione discussing settlement |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3095710 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107121442/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3095710 |archive-date=November 7, 2007 |access-date=November 5, 2007 |work=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Franchione also mentioned the names of recruits; NCAA rules bar coaches from talking about recruiting targets. Additionally, material in an April 2007 newsletter violated Big 12 rules. On October 11, 2007, Byrne issued a formal "letter of admonishment" to Franchione and ordered him to shut down CoachFran.com. Byrne also fired McKenzie.<ref name="finds violations"/>

The discovery of the newsletter led CBS Sportsline (now [[CBSSports.com]]) columnist [[Gregg Doyel]] to call for Franchione to be fired. Doyel wrote that Franchione could have potentially been fired for cause simply for hiding the newsletter's existence. He added that many of Franchione's columns announced firings of assistant coaches before that assistant was told himself and reported injuries that were not disclosed to the press. More seriously, Doyel said, his disclosures of injury information breached the trust of his players at best and potentially violated [[HIPAA|federal health privacy law]] at worst. Doyel also argued that the entire venture would have violated federal tax law if Franchione had not told the IRS about it. He also suggested that Franchione either knew or reasonably should have known that the newsletter's recipients were using the information to make better-informed bets on Aggie games.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/10381361/1 |title=Start spreading the newsletter: Pink slip for Franchione, now |work=[[CBS Sports]] |access-date=March 24, 2012 |date=September 30, 2007 |last=Doyel |first=Gregg |author-link=Gregg Doyel |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120324100118/http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/10381361/1 |archive-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref>

=====Resignation=====
After the Aggies' loss at Miami in September 2007, Franchione's coaching abilities were brought into question.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aggiesports.com/stories/100107/cessna_20071001034.php |title=Cessna: Talk around town all about Franchione |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |access-date=October 1, 2007 |date=October 1, 2007 |last=Cessna |first=Robert |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016144501/http://www.aggiesports.com/stories/100107/cessna_20071001034.php |archive-date=October 16, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/5168353.html | title = Franchione fends off negative vibes | work = [[Houston Chronicle]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110521185141/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/5168353.html | archive-date = May 21, 2011 | date = September 27, 2007 | last = Harris | first = Terrance | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/09/26/0926aggies.html | title = Dark clouds in Aggieland | work = [[Austin American-Statesman]] | first = Randy | last = Riggs | access-date = September 28, 2007 | date = September 27, 2007 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20071016154818/http://statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/09/26/0926aggies.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = October 16, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/jtaylor/stories/092107dnspotaylor.3811d35.html | title = Aggies trip on big stage again | work = [[Dallas Morning News]] | date = September 21, 2007 | last = Taylor | first = Jean-Jacques | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202170100/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/jtaylor/stories/092107dnspotaylor.3811d35.html | archive-date = December 2, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> On November 6, 2007, [[ESPN]], CBS Sports, the ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'', and ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' all reported that Franchione would not return for the 2008 season, and that Franchione and Texas A&M were working on buyout terms. In response, Texas A&M officials told the ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'' that the reports were false rumors and that Franchione's performance was to be reviewed at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/110607dnspotamulede.23168c7.html |title=Texas A&M regent denies Franchione buyout reports |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |access-date=November 5, 2007 |date=November 5, 2007 |author=Davis, Bryan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107052726/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/110607dnspotamulede.23168c7.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007 }}</ref> In a press conference the following day, Franchione declined to answer questions regarding his future at A&M.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/big12/2007-11-06-texas-am-franchione_N.htm|title=Franchione dodges questions about his future at Texas A&M|publisher=USA Today|access-date=November 6, 2007|date=November 6, 2007|work=The Associated Press}}</ref>

After Franchione led the Aggies to a 38–30 victory over the 13th-ranked [[2007 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas Longhorns]]—his second win over the Longhorns in a row—he announced his resignation in the postgame [[press conference]]. In the press conference, after he discussed the game, he read out loud a farewell letter that he had prepared beforehand. His last words were "Thank you, and [[Traditions of Texas A&M University#Gig 'em|gig 'em]]." Franchione immediately left the press conference as A&M athletic director Bill Byrne started to speak, with friends and family members following him.<ref name=Out1/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5324447.html|title=Franchione resigns as Texas A&M head coach|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=November 24, 2007|date=November 24, 2007|author=Barron, David}}</ref> The following day, Byrne named [[defensive coordinator]] [[Gary Darnell]] as interim head coach. Darnell led the Aggies to a 24–17 defeat at the hands of [[2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]] in the [[2007 Alamo Bowl|Alamo Bowl]] on December 29.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?SID=&PRID=13659|title=Darnell Named Interim Head Football Coach|publisher=Texas A&M Athletics|access-date=November 24, 2007|date=November 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070813183209/http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?SID=&PRID=13659|archive-date=August 13, 2007}}</ref> On November 26, three days after Franchione resigned, former [[Green Bay Packers]] head coach, and [[Houston Texans]]' offensive coordinator [[Mike Sherman]] was announced as the new head football coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/college/5329158.html |title=Texas A&M hires Sherman to replace Franchione |publisher=Houston Chronicle |access-date=November 26, 2007 |date=November 26, 2007 |author=Duncan, Chris |agency=Associated Press }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On December 7, the Texas A&M Board of Regents approved a reduced [[buyout]] of $4.4 million for Franchione.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/big12/stories/MYSA120707.WEB.AggiesFranBuyout.78355cb4.html|title=College Football: A&M approves $4.4 million buyout of ex-coach|newspaper=San Antonio Express-News|access-date=December 8, 2007|date=December 7, 2007|author=Zwerneman, Brent |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080123210830/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/big12/stories/MYSA120707.WEB.AggiesFranBuyout.78355cb4.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = January 23, 2008}}</ref>

====Overall performance at Texas A&M====
During his five-season tenure at A&M, Franchione did not produce a team that finished higher than third in the Big 12 South. Though he was able to bring recruiting classes that ranked among the top 13 nationally from 2003 to 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamu.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?postype=0&sort=0&year=2003|title=2003 Team Ranking|publisher=Rivals.com|access-date=February 8, 2008}}</ref> none of his teams ranked in the postseason [[AP Poll|AP]] or [[Coaches Poll|Coaches]] national polls.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10454157|title=Peter principle: Franchione has been working over his head|work=CBS Sports|access-date=November 7, 2007|date=November 5, 2007|author=Dodd, Dennis|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106234417/http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10454157|archive-date=November 6, 2007}}</ref> He also compiled a 4–16 record against ranked teams, and a 4–14 record against Texas, Oklahoma, [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]], and Texas Tech.<ref name=FranSA2>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/big12/stories/MYSA110807.FranchioneFails.en.31e6446.html|title=Big 12 Football: Where did Fran fail?|newspaper=San Antonio Express-News|access-date=November 8, 2007|date=November 8, 2007|author=Zwerneman, Brent |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080216033936/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/big12/stories/MYSA110807.FranchioneFails.en.31e6446.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = February 16, 2008}}</ref> Additionally, he compiled a 19–21 Big 12 record, and never won more than five games in Big 12 play.<ref name=Out1>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/112407dnspofran.31b10931.html|title=Out with a bang: Franchione resigns after A&M upsets UT|newspaper=Dallas Morning News|access-date=November 24, 2007|date=November 24, 2007|author=Davis, Brian}}</ref> Forde wrote after Franchione's ouster that despite this, Franchione would have normally earned a reprieve with his second consecutive win over Texas. Forde concluded the furor over the newsletter ended any chance of him returning in 2008, regardless of record.<ref name=Forde/> Franchione's questionable judgement continued to dog him as he left A&M. The two questionable departures from TCU and Alabama, coupled with the newsletter scandal and Franchione's mediocre record at A&M, severely damaged his reputation.

===2007–2010===
[[File:CoachFranTXST.png|thumb|right|Franchione at Texas State, 2011]]
Franchione moved to the exurban Austin-area community of [[Horseshoe Bay, Texas]], and was out of football for the first time in over 30 years. In January 2008, he began to look for potential broadcasting jobs. In July 2008,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/thingstodo/5996745.html|title=TV-Radio Notebook: Franchione accepts 'ex-coach' label}}</ref> signed a 16-game contract to serve as a [[color commentator]] for [[ESPN Radio]] during the 2008 college football season. His debut was the Alabama vs. Clemson game on August 30.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aggiesports.com/football/Franchione-to-work-for-ESPN|title=Franchione to work for ESPN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=865722|title=Franchione would welcome right opportunity|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022205756/http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=865722|archive-date=October 22, 2008}}</ref>

Franchione interviewed for the [[San Diego State University]] head-coaching job in 2008 when the school fired [[Chuck Long]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/aztecs/20081211-9999-1s11azcoach.html|title=SDSU gives Franchione VIP treatment|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214184742/http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/aztecs/20081211-9999-1s11azcoach.html|archive-date=December 14, 2008}}</ref> and ended up being a finalist for the job alongside then-[[Ball State Cardinals football|Ball State]] head coach (and future [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] head coach) [[Brady Hoke]] and [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] defensive coordinator [[DeWayne Walker]]. The job eventually went to Hoke.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/aztecs/20081216-9999-1s16sdsu.html|title=Upon intro, questions abound for SDSU's latest football coach|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217050441/http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/aztecs/20081216-9999-1s16sdsu.html|archive-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref>

Franchione applied for the head-coaching position at [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas|UNLV]], following [[Mike Sanford Sr.|Mike Sanford]]'s termination as head football coach after the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite news | last = Greene | first = Ryan | title = Franchione emerges as potential early candidate for UNLV football post | newspaper = [[Las Vegas Sun]] | date = November 19, 2009 | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/19/franchione-emerges-potential-early-candidate-unlv-/ | access-date = November 29, 2009}}</ref> Franchione interviewed with UNLV's Athletic Director Jim Livengood on December 21, 2009, but was not selected.<ref>{{cite news | last = Greene | first = Ryan | title = Hauck, Franchione set to interview for UNLV football coaching post | newspaper = Las Vegas Sun | date = December 18, 2009 | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/dec/18/hauck-franchione-set-interview-unlv-football-coach/ | access-date = December 19, 2009}}</ref>

===Texas State===
Following [[Brad Wright (American football)|Brad Wright]]'s dismissal, Texas State University engaged Parker Executive Search to help them find their next head football coach. Finalists included former [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]] head coach [[Dan Hawkins (American football)|Dan Hawkins]], Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator [[Bobby Jack Wright]], former [[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] head coach [[Tim Brewster]], and Franchione.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Texas-State-coach-search-gains-speed-940138.php|title=Texas State coach search gains steam|newspaper=Mysa |date=January 5, 2011 |publisher=San Antonio Express News|access-date=January 8, 2011 |last1=Briggs |first1=By Jerry }}</ref> On January 7, 2011, Franchione was named head coach of [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State's football]] program and signed a five-year contract valued at $350,000 per year. This was Franchione's [[List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure|second tenure]] with Texas State, having previously coached at what was then Southwest Texas State in 1990 and 1991. His second tenure at Texas State was slightly less successful with a record of 26–34 compared to 13–9 in first. Franchione led Texas State into [[Football Bowl Subdivision]] level football in 2012, joining the [[Western Athletic Conference]]. Texas State then negotiated membership in the more stable [[Sun Belt Conference]] beginning in 2013, after the WAC [[2010–13 Western Athletic Conference realignment|stopped sponsoring football]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/01/07/sports-fbc-texas-st-franchione_8245065.html|title=Franchione returns to coaching at Texas State|magazine=Forbes|access-date=January 8, 2011}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Franchione retired from Texas State on December 22, 2015, after a 3–9 season.<ref name="j564">{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=Texas State's Franchione retires after 30-year career | website=NCAA.com | date=2015-12-22 | url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2015-12-22/texas-states-franchione-retires-after-30-year-career | access-date=2024-09-05}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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 | overall    = 14–4–2
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 | conf      = [[Central States Intercollegiate Conference]]
 | startyear = 1985
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 | name         = Pittsburg State
 | overall      = 8–2
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 | bowloutcome  = L
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 | year         = [[1986 NAIA Division I football season|1986]]
 | name         = Pittsburg State
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 | name         = Pittsburg State
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 | name         = Pittsburg State
 | overall      = 11–1
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 | bowloutcome  = L
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 | startyear = 1989
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 | name         = Pittsburg State
 | overall      = 12–1
 | conference   = 10–0
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 | bowloutcome  = L
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 | overall    = 53–6
 | confrecord = 37–1
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 | conf      = [[Southland Conference]]
 | startyear = 1990
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 | startyear = 1992
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 | year         = [[1992 NCAA Division I-A football season|1992]]
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 | year         = [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season|1996]]
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 | name       = New Mexico
 | overall    = 33–36
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 | overall    = 25–10
 | confrecord = 16–7
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 | conf      = [[Southeastern Conference]]
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 | name         = [[2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
 | overall      = 7–5
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 | overall    = 17–8
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 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006]]
 | name         = [[2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]
 | overall      = 9–4
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2006 Holiday Bowl|Holiday]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]]
 | name         = [[2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]
 | overall      = 7–5{{#tag:ref|Franchione served as Texas A&M's head coach for 2007 regular season before resigning. Darnell was appointed interim head coach the team's bowl game. Texas A&M lost the [[2007 Alamo Bowl|Alamo Bowl]] and finished the year with an overall record of 7–6.|group=n|name=2007season}}
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–4th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2007 Alamo Bowl|Alamo]]<ref name=2007season group=n/>
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Texas A&M
 | overall    = 32–28
 | confrecord = 19–21
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State Bobcats]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA Division I FCS independent schools|NCAA Division I FBS Transitional]]
 | startyear = 2011
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2011]]
 | name         = [[2011 Texas State Bobcats football team|Texas State]]
 | overall      = 6–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State Bobcats]]
 | conf      = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 2012
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2012]]
 | name         = [[2012 Texas State Bobcats football team|Texas State]]
 | overall      = 4–8
 | conference   = 2–4
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Texas State Bobcats football|Texas State Bobcats]]
 | conf      = [[Sun Belt Conference]]
 | startyear = 2013
 | endyear   = 2015
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2013]]
 | name         = [[2013 Texas State Bobcats football team|Texas State]]
 | overall      = 6–6
 | conference   = 2–5
 | confstanding = 7th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2014]]
 | name         = [[2014 Texas State Bobcats football team|Texas State]]
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2015]]
 | name         = [[2015 Texas State Bobcats football team|Texas State]]
 | overall      = 3–9
 | conference   = 2–6
 | confstanding = 10th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Southwest Texas State / Texas State
 | overall    = 39–43
 | confrecord = 17–24
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 213–135–2
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = two
 | polltype = 
}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/462664.html|title=The Dennis Franchione file|work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|access-date=January 27, 2008|date=January 26, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080131052203/http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/462664.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = January 31, 2008}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of college football career coaching wins leaders]]
* [[List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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