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,

La Salle's Fran Dunphy, who has won more than 600 games and made 17 NCAA Tournament appearances in 33 seasons as coach at three of Philadelphia's Big 5 schools, said Thursday he would retire at the end of the season.

Dunphy, 76, will finish his third season leading La Salle and will then assume the role of special assistant to the president.