Frances Pearl "Fran" Price

Year Inducted: 2010
Nominated By: Ruth E. Shelton (colleague)
Sports Competed In:  Basketball
Athlete, Coach or Contributor:  Athlete, Coach

College:
Attended Tennessee A&I, playing basketball for two years (1965-67) before transferring to Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo, CO and playing point guard for two seasons starting in 1968... Price graduated from SCSC in 1970.

Achievements:
● Moved to the college level and coached for two seasons at Texas A&I University in Kingsville, TX (1985-87).
● Returned to Las Vegas where she coached the girls basketball team at Bonanza High School for five years (1987-92).
● One of the most successful girls basketball coaches in Nevada prep history.
● Named Southern Nevada "Coach-of-the-Year" seven (7) times.
● Spent 16 years at Rancho H.S., in Las Vegas, NV as the head girls basketball coach and an assistant coach on the volleyball and softball teams (1971-85).
● While coaching basketball at Rancho H.S., Win-Loss Record 302-72; nine (9) division championships; eight (8) zone championships and one state championship - First Girls State Championship to be held in Girls Athletics (1976-1977).
Notable Athletes Coached (while at Rancho H.S.):
● Jackie Stevenson played at USC-Pueblo under Coach Jessie Banks.
● The late Sandra Dickson at USC-Pueblo and Volleyball.
● Curastein (C.J.) Jones at University of Texas under Jodi Conrad’s National Collegiate Championship Team.

Professional Achievements:
● First to use multiple offensive strategies (man-on-man trap) as the girls basketball coach at Rancho H.S. in 1970.
● Used the four-corner offenses; multiple-zone press.

Related Activities:
● Boys freshman head basketball coach and Assistant on the Junior-Varsity teams at Silverado High School, Las Vegas (2006-07).
● After her coaching career, Price served as the Dean of Students for the following in Las Vegas:
Orr Middle School (1993-96); Garside Middle School (1996-98); Horizon Alternative School (1998-00) and Rancho High School (2001-03).

Contributions and Honors:
● Trustee at Resurrection Community Faith Church.
● Mentor for at-risk youth in Community Faith Church.
● Inducted into the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s (NIAA) Hall of Fame.

Occupation:
Fran was a coach and administrator - Dean of Students in Las Vegas, NV.

Personal:
Lives in Las Vegas, NV.