Fran Dunphy walked down the ramp inside University of Dayton Arena in March 2019, answering questions about his final game as the coach at Temple, an NCAA tournament loss to Belmont. It was almost midnight,

The 76-year-old Dunphy will become special assistant to the president at La Salle. He will be honored as part of the Explorers' game against Duquesne on Feb. 26.

Dunphy, a fixture of Philadelphia basketball for decades as the head coach for Penn, Temple, and then La Salle, is calling it a career.