Carl Franks
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1960)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|1}}
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| player_years1 = 1980–1982
| player_team1 = Duke
| player_years2 = 1983–1984
| player_team2 = Tampa Bay Bandits
| player_positions = Running back, tight end
| coach_years1 = 1985
| coach_team1 = Tampa Bay Bandits (RB)
| coach_years2 = 1986
| coach_team2 = VMI (WR/TE)
| coach_years3 = 1987–1989
| coach_team3 = Duke (RB)
| coach_years4 = 1990–1992
| coach_team4 = Florida (RB)
| coach_years5 = 1993
| coach_team5 = Florida (TE)
| coach_years6 = 1994
| coach_team6 = Florida (ILB)
| coach_years7 = 1995–1998
| coach_team7 = Florida (OC/RB)
| coach_years8 = 1999–2003
| coach_team8 = Duke
| coach_years9 = 2004–2012
| coach_team9 = South Florida (RB)
| coach_years10 = 2014–2022
| coach_team10 = Bethune–Cookman (RB)
| overall_record = 7–45
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Carl Franks (born December 1, 1960) is a former American football coach and player. He most recently served as the running backs coach at Bethune–Cookman University.{{cite web|url=http://bcuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=287&path=football|title=Carl Franks - Football Coach}} Franks served as the head football coach at Duke University from 1999 to 2003, compiling a record of 7–45.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/carl-franks-1.html|title=Carl Franks Coaching Record}} He played football at Duke where he was an Academic All-ACC selection.{{cite web|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=140249|title = Duke Travels to Evanston to Face Northwestern}}
Coaching career
Franks was as an assistant coach under Steve Spurrier for 12 years. He served as Spurrier's running backs coach with the United States Football League's Tampa Bay Bandits in 1985, at Duke from 1987 to 1989 and at the University of Florida from 1990 to 1992 and again from 1995 to 1998, serving as the position coach for future National Football League Pro Bowler Fred Taylor.{{cite web|url=https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/coaches/carl-franks/|title=Carl Franks|date=18 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-11-18/sports/9711170597_1_seminoles-award-94-yard-kickoff-return|title=Taylor Chosen for Sec Award}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FXabX0BP7xIC&q=carl+franks+fred+taylor&pg=PA210 |title = The Greatest Moments of Florida Gators Football|isbn = 9781571671967|last1 = Bynum|first1 = Mike|last2 = Sun|first2 = Gainesville|date = 1998-10-07}} He was Florida's tight ends coach in 1993 and inside linebackers coach in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.gousfbulls.com/coaches.aspx?rc=315|title=Carl Franks - Football Coach}}
Franks then served as the 19th head coach of his alma mater, Duke, from 1999 to 2003. Appointed as head coach on his 38th birthday, he was dismissed five years later after amassing a 7–45 record, including 0–11 seasons in 2000 and 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=1641662|title = Grilled Franks: Duke fires football coach|date = 19 October 2003}} Despite the poor record, Franks was lauded for the academic success of his players, and his program won the Academic Achievement Award from the American Football Coaches Association in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://today.duke.edu/2003/06/briefs627.html|title=Duke News Briefs: June 27, 2003}}
Franks was the running backs coach at the University of South Florida from 2004 to 2012 under head coaches Jim Leavitt and Skip Holtz.{{cite web|url=http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/LK/20140826/News/605072974/DN/|title=Former UF assistant, Duke head coach Franks 'elevates' B-CU staff}} He was the Bulls' interim head coach for six days in January 2010, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the program, between the firing of Jim Leavitt and the hiring of Skip Holtz.{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/322315-jim-leavitt-fired-by-south-florida-president-judy-genshaft|title = Jim Leavitt Fired by South Florida President|website = Bleacher Report}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gousfbulls.com/news/2010/1/8/204866461.aspx|title=USF Seeks New Head Football Coach}} After Holtz's firing in December 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8701597/south-florida-bulls-fire-skip-holtz-third-year|title=South Florida fires coach Holtz after third year|date=2 December 2012}} new head coach Willie Taggart did not retain Franks on his staff. After spending the 2013 season out of coaching, in 2014, Franks was named running backs coach at Bethune-Cookman.{{cite web|url=http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20140826/former-uf-assistant-duke-head-coach-franks-elevates-b-cu-staff|title = Former UF assistant, Duke head coach Franks 'elevates' B-CU staff}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Duke Blue Devils
| conf = Atlantic Coast Conference
| startyear = 1999
| endyear = 2003
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Duke
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Duke
| overall = 0–11
| conference = 0–8
| confstanding = 9th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Duke
| overall = 0–11
| conference = 0–8
| confstanding = 9th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Duke
| overall = 2–10
| conference = 0–8
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2003
| name = Duke
| overall = 2–5*
| conference = 0–4*
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Duke
| overall = 7–45
| confrecord = 3–33
}}*Final 5 games coached by Ted Roof
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 7–45
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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External links
- [https://bcuathletics.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/carl-franks/514 Bethune–Cookman profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110709214927/http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=37329&SPID=2981&DB_OEM_ID=7700&ATCLID=220485&Q_SEASON=2007 South Florida profile]
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