# Rolf Franke

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{{Short description|Dutch basketball player and coach}}
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1967|04|7|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), Netherlands
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| nationality     = Dutch
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| career_start    = 1986
| career_end      = 1999
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| coach_start     = 2009
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| years1          = 1986–1988
| team1           = [Canadians Amsterdam](/source/Canadians_(basketball_club))
| years2          = 1988–1996
| team2           = [Den Helder](/source/BV_Den_Helder)
| years3          = 1996–1997
| team3           = [EBBC Den Bosch](/source/EBBC_Den_Bosch)
| years4          = 1997–1999
| team4           = [Amsterdam Astronauts](/source/Amsterdam_Basketball)
| cyears1         = 2009–2010
| cteam1          = Netherlands Under-16
| cyears2         = 2018–2020
| cteam2          = [ZZ Leiden](/source/ZZ_Leiden)
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;As player
*8× [Dutch League champion](/source/List_of_Dutch_basketball_champions) (1989–1995, 1997, 1999)
;As coach
*[NBB Cup](/source/NBB_Cup) champion ([2019](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_NBB_Cup))
*[DBL Coach of the Year](/source/DBL_Coach_of_the_Year) ([2019](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_DBL_season))
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'''Rolf Franke''' (born 7 April 1967) is a Dutch retired [basketball](/source/basketball) player and current coach. As a player, Franke played for multiple clubs in the Netherlands and he represented the [Dutch national basketball team](/source/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](/source/Yannick_Franke), both basketball players as well.

==Professional career==
As a player, Franke won the Dutch [Eredivisie](/source/Dutch_Basketball_League) title eight times, while winning the [NBB Cup](/source/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](/source/ZZ_Leiden).<ref name="eredivisiebasketballleiden">{{cite web|url=https://www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/nieuwsbericht/?bericht=3174|title=ZZ Leiden &#124; Nieuwsbericht &#124; Rolf Franke nieuwe coach ZZ Leiden|website=eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl|accessdate=2018-06-11}}</ref> On 31 March 2019, Franke won the [NBB Cup](/source/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](/source/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](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Netherlands), 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](/source/Dutch_Basketball_League) (8): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 1995, 1997, 1999

===As coach===
;[Leiden](/source/ZZ_Leiden)
*[NBB Cup](/source/NBB_Cup): [2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_NBB_Cup)
*[DBL Coach of the Year](/source/DBL_Coach_of_the_Year): [2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_DBL_season)

==References==
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{{B.S. Leiden coaches}}

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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

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