{{Short description|Dutch basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Rolf Franke | image = | image_size = | caption = | number = | position = Head coach | height_m = 1.98 | height_in = | height_footnote = | weight_lb = | weight_footnote = | league = | team = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|04|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Dutch | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | draft_league = | career_start = 1986 | career_end = 1999 | career_position = Forward | career_number = | coach_start = 2009 | coach_end = | referee_start = | referee_end = | years1 = 1986–1988 | team1 = Canadians Amsterdam | years2 = 1988–1996 | team2 = Den Helder | years3 = 1996–1997 | team3 = EBBC Den Bosch | years4 = 1997–1999 | team4 = Amsterdam Astronauts | cyears1 = 2009–2010 | cteam1 = Netherlands Under-16 | cyears2 = 2018–2020 | cteam2 = ZZ Leiden | cyears3 = | cteam3 = | cyears4 = | cteam4 = | highlights = ;As player *8× Dutch League champion (1989–1995, 1997, 1999) ;As coach *NBB Cup champion (2019) *DBL Coach of the Year (2019) | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | stats_league = | bbr = | bbr_wnba = | nba_profile = | wnba_profile = | HOF = | HOF_player = | HOF_coach = | womensHOF = | FIBA_HOF_player = | CBBASKHOF_year = | medal_templates = }} '''Rolf Franke''' (born 7 April 1967) is a Dutch retired basketball player and current coach. As a player, Franke played for multiple clubs in the Netherlands and he represented the Dutch national basketball team in 60 games as well.<ref name=oranje>{{cite web|url=http://www.oranjebasketball.com/organisatie/wie-wij-zijn/|title=Wie wij zijn|website=Oranje Basketball|accessdate=2018-06-11}}</ref>
He is the son of Wim Franke and father of Yannick Franke, both basketball players as well.
==Professional career== As a player, Franke won the Dutch Eredivisie title eight times, while winning the NBB Cup four times.<ref name=oranje/>
==Coaching career== ===ZZ Leiden=== On 11 June 2018, Franke signed a one-year contract to become the head coach of ZZ Leiden.<ref name="eredivisiebasketballleiden">{{cite web|url=https://www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/nieuwsbericht/?bericht=3174|title=ZZ Leiden | Nieuwsbericht | Rolf Franke nieuwe coach ZZ Leiden|website=eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl|accessdate=2018-06-11}}</ref> On 31 March 2019, Franke won the NBB Cup with Leiden, the club's first trophy since 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/l/2278403|title=Basketballers ZZ Leiden veroveren nationale beker|work=nos.nl|accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref> On 24 April 2019, it was announced that Franke won the DBL Coach of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4856|title=Coach of the Year: Rolf Franke|work=basketballleague.nl|accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref>
On 5 July 2019, Leiden announced that Franke was returning for a second season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4961|title=Franke blijft coach bij ZZ Leiden|work=basketballleague.nl|accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref> After the 2019–20 season was cancelled early due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Leiden decided not to extend Franke's contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/zz-leiden-en-rolf-franke-beeindigen-samenwerking/|title=ZZ Leiden en Rolf Franke beëindigen samenwerking|work=Basketball League|accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
==Honours== ===As player=== *Eredivisie (8): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 1995, 1997, 1999
===As coach=== ;Leiden *NBB Cup: 2018–19 *DBL Coach of the Year: 2018–19
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{B.S. Leiden coaches}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Franke, Rolf}} Category:1967 births Category:Dutch Basketball League players Category:Dutch men's basketball players Category:Dutch basketball coaches Category:ZZ Leiden coaches Category:Heroes Den Bosch players Category:Amsterdam Basketball players Category:Den Helder Kings players Category:Living people Category:Forwards (basketball) Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen