Frankie Allen

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Besides Ralph Sampson, Frankie Allen, born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1949, is arguably the greatest men's basketball player in Virginia college history. He is also a successful NCAA Division I men's basketball coach and was the 1993 National Coach of the Year.

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Allen graduated from Roanoke College in 1971. Roanoke's first African-American athlete, Allen is the all-time leading scorer (2,780 points) and rebounder (1,758) at any level in Virginia college history. He averaged 24 points and 15 rebounds per game, holds 18 college records, and led Roanoke to its first NCAA tournament appearance in 1968. Allen was the Virginia College Player of the Year in 1969, 1970, and 1971 and was an All-American in 1970 and 1971. Although Allen graduated in 1971, the 1972 Roanoke team used the experience it gained from playing with him to win the 1972 Division II National Championship.

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Allen became a men's basketball coach and now has 30 years at the NCAA Division I level. After several years at the high school level, Allen was an assistant at Virginia Tech from 1976 to 1987 helping the team post eight 20-win seasons, four NCAA tournament appearances, and four NIT tournament appearances. Allen then became a head coach; Virginia Tech from 1987 to 1991, Tennessee State University from 1991 to 2000, and Howard University from 2000 to 2005. His head coaching record is 223-284.

Howard fired Allen in 2005 after he went 52-83 in five seasons. Allen had dramatically improved the program (before his tenure the school won only three games in two seasons). The progress was deemed insufficient and he was fired.

In 1988, Allen earned Metro Conference, Virginia Sportswriters, and National Rookie Coach of the Year awards at Virginia Tech. In 1993, he was the Basketball Times National Coach of the Year after leading Tennessee State to an Ohio Valley Conference title and to the school's first NCAA tournament appearance. He lead Tennessee State to a second tournament appearance in 1994.

Allen obtained a master's degree in sports administration from Virginia Tech in 2000. He is now an assistant at Radford University.

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