Robert Morris University women’s basketball head coach Charlie Buscaglia has announced the hiring of Amani Franklin as an assistant coach.
“We are very excited about the addition of Coach Franklin to our staff,” said Buscaglia. “When getting to know Coach Franklin, I was easily able to learn that she possessed a great deal of passion for being an NCAA Division I assistant coach. What truly separated Coach Franklin was her exceptional humility throughout the process. That is the top pillar for our program, and that match in this process is absolutely essential.”
Franklin spent the last season at Winthrop as the director of women’s basketball operations. Before that, she spent two years as a staff support associate at her alma mater Kentucky. In that position, her duties included management of day-to-day operations, overseeing the women’s basketball booster organization, travel arrangements, and special events.
As a player, Franklin helped lead Kentucky to the 2010 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. She appeared in 127 games over her four seasons in a Wildcats uniform, starting 76 of them. Franklin averaged 7.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per contest as a senior in 2009-10, and tallied a career-high 11.3 points per game in her junior season.
Following her collegiate career, Franklin played professional basketball in Germany and Finland from 2011 to 2013.
Franklin graduated from Kentucky in 2010 with a Bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics with a minor in business.
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