March Madness Coach Retires After D3 Demotion

Saint Francis men's basketball coach Rob Krimmel announces plans to retire

Saint Francis University men's basketball coach Rob Krimmel announced his plans to retire on Thursday, just two days after the school announced it was...

March Madness Coach Retires After D3 Demotion

Rob Krimmel will no longer serve as the college basketball coach at Saint Francis University. He announced his decision to retire on Thursday just nine days after his team played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. This sudden retirement comes as a result of an unfortunate reality regarding the future of college sports. Krimmel played point guard at St. Francis from 1996-200. As soon as his career ended, he joined the p…

Head Coach Announces Retirement After Heartbreaking NCAA Tournament Loss

The Top 5 Men’s College Basketball Coaches To Never Win A Title (1:54) It turns out the First Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament marked the final appearance of Rob Krimmel's coaching career. During the opening game of this year's tournament, Alabama State defeated Saint Francis on a game-winning layup. It was a thrilling way to kick off March Madness, but it also marked the end of an era for the Red Flash. On Thursday afternoon, Saint Francis anno…

Citing NIL, Saint Francis University Reclassifies to Division III

Recently, Pennsylvania’s Saint Francis University announced its decision to reclassify its intercollegiate athletics program from NCAA Division I to Division III, citing the difficulty in governance associated with college athletics, which is only growing in “complexity based on realities like the transfer portal, pay-for-play, and other shifts that move athletics away from love of the game.” Saint Francis is the first school to reclassify its a…

St. Francis Coach Retires

Saint Francis University men’s basketball coach Rob Krimmel plans on retiring after serving as coach for 29 years.  His decision to retire comes just days after the university announced that its athletic program will transition from Division 1 to Division 3, beginning in the fall of next year. Jim Brazill, who is the Director of Athletics, announced yesterday that Luke McConnell has been elevated as the men’s basketball head coach.  McConnell is…

Krimmel retires at D1/D3 St. Francis; McConnell named Head Basketball Coach

After 29 years as a student-athlete, assistant coach, and men’s basketball head coach at Saint Francis University, Rob Krimmel plans to retire from coaching, Director of Athletics Jim Brazill announced.  Brazill has announced the elevation of Luke McConnell as the men’s basketball head coach. McConnell is coming off his first season as the associate head coach for the Red Flash. Krimmel Retirement “Coach Krimmel’s legacy at Saint Francis Univers…