Fran Recchia
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kent State |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 13, 1983 |
| Alma mater | Virginia Tech |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005-06 | Virginia Tech (GA) |
| 2007–2010 | William Byrd High School |
| 2010–2012 | Radford (asst.) |
| 2012-13 | Tusculum College (asst.) |
| 2013–2016 | Radford (asst.) |
| 2016–2018 | Kent State (asst.) |
| 2018–2026 | Kent State (assoc. HC) |
| 2026–present | Kent State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–0 (–) |
Frances Townsend Recchia (born September 13, 1983) is an American women's basketball head coach and former player.[1] She is the current head coach of the Kent State University women's basketball team.[2]
Fran Recchia is from Flower Mound, Texas where she graduated from Edward S. Marcus High School.[3] She earned a scholarship to play basketball at Virginia Tech under head coach Bonnie Henrickson where she was a guard from 2001-05. She earned a bachelor's degree physical education from Virginia Tech in 2004. After her playing career was complete she was a graduate assistant under Beth Dunkenberger for one season with the Virginia Tech Hokies where she earned a master's degree in education in 2006.[3]
Coaching career
Her first head coaching job was at William Byrd High School beginning in 2007.[4] Her first collegiate coaching job was as a assistant under Tajama Abraham Ngongba at Radford from 2010 through 2012. She served as an assistant at Tusculum College before returning to Radford as an assistant under new head coach Mike McGuire where she remained until 2016.[4]
Kent State
From 2016 through 2026 she served as an assistant on Todd Starkey's staff at Kent State, becoming the associate head coach in 2018.[5][6] The Golden Flashes improved by 13 games in her first season as an assistant as they won the East division of the MAC.[7][8] They earned another East division title in 2020.[9] In her later years under Starkey, Kent State won the 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament and advanced to the 2024 NCAA tournament.[10]
On March 26, 2026, Starkey accepted the associate head coach position at Arizona and Recchia was promoted to head coach.[11][12]