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Joe Franco – Monarch Knights Head Coach

Joe Franco
Joe Franco
Head Coach
8 Years with Monarch Knights
8 Years Total Coaching Baseball
Bio
Coach Franco enters his 8th season as the head coach of the Monarch Knights baseball team.  He became the head coach after graduating college in 2006 at the age of 22.
Coach Franco was a 4 year varsity baseball player at Coral Springs High School from 1999-2002.  He was a 2 year captain, in his junior and senior seasons.  From there, he went onto play at Palm Beach Community College in 2003 and 2004 earning a First Team All-Academic selection in baseball for the state of Florida. 
After Playing 2 years at PBCC, Coach Franco received a baseball scholarship to play at Nova Southeastern University where he played the 2005 and 2006 seasons.  While playing at NSU at the NCAA Division II level, Franco set the single season saves mark (12) his senior year.  Coach Franco was also selected to the 2006 All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team as well as on the Dean's List every semester while at NSU.
Coach Franco is third head coach at Monarch High School.  He is the longest tenured coach for the Monarch Baseball Program.  In 2012, Coach Franco was named the Sun-Sentinel 6A, 7A, 8A Broward County Coach of the Year.  Coach Franco was also selected to coach the 2012 BCAA All-Star game and the 2012 BHSB.com All-Star game.
2007: Record-10-15
2008: Record-9-17
2009: Record-16-9
2010: Record-8-13
2011: Record-11-10
2012: Record-19-5 (7A District 15 Champions, Regional Semi-Finals Appearance, Nationally Ranked in the ESPN FAB 50 week 4)
2013: Record-11-9 (7A District 15 Runner-Up, Regional Quarter-Finals Appearance)
Coach Franco earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University in 2006.  He holds two Florida Professional Teaching Certificates in Business Education 6-12 and Marketing Education 6-12.
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