PHILADELPHIA – Temple will be well represented in the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame Class of 2019 as men's basketball head coach Fran Dunphy, former women's basketball standout Kamesha Hairston and former athletics director Bill Bradshaw are among the seven member class. The remaining members to be inducted at the Big 5's annual awards banquet held at the Palestra on April 15 (6 pm) are Jim Foster (Saint Joseph's WBB coach), Mike Nardi (Villanova MBB), Steve Smith (La Salle MBB) and Mark Zoller (Penn MBB).
The all-time winningest coach in Big 5 history, Dunphy recorded 580 victories over his 30-year career, spending 17 seasons at Penn before heading to north Philly to guide Temple for the last 13 seasons.