Jerry Francis
Jerome Francis Jr., formerly the Boy’s Varsity Basketball Coach at Pickerington Central High School, which won the 2012 Division I Boy’s State Basketball Championship, the first State title in Pickerington basketball history. He was also named OCC Ohio Division Coach of the Year, and Columbus Dispatch Coach of the Year.
Francis has previously been an NCAA Division I Head Coach and has held assistant coaching positions at several prominent Division I schools, lastly Oregon State University in April 2007.
Francis formerly served as an assistant coach at Nebraska during the 2005-06 seasons. He helped the Cornhuskers to a 19-14 overall record, into the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament and a berth in the NIT.
Prior to that, Francis was the Head Coach at Prairie View A&M University for three seasons (2003-05). He was the 2002-03 Southwestern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after he led the Panthers to a 17-12 record and the regular-season SWAC title. It was Prairie View’s first conference title since 1962, and Francis was also honored as the National Rookie Coach of the Year by collegeinsider.com.
He has also been an assistant coach at Houston for two seasons (2001-02), Ball State for three seasons (1998-00), Ohio State for three seasons (1995-97), Butler for one season (1994) the Bulldogs went 16-13 overall and tied for second place in the Midwest Collegiate Conference and Bowling Green for one season (1993).
Francis graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in education in 1991. He was a four-year starter for the Buckeyes from 1986-89 and appeared in four postseason tournaments. On Ohio State’s all-time records list, he ranks second in games played (133) and 16th in scoring (1,486 points). He is a native of Columbus, Ohio. He is married to Mimi Lang Francis. He has two 21-year-old twin daughters, Jarel and Jaren, and two sons, Duntae (26), Jerome Francis III (14) and 2 grandson’s Jayden (5) and Keyuntae (2).
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