Francis G. "Frank" Power, Jr. (died June 4, 1985 in
Athy
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,
Ireland) was a longtime assistant coach for the
Boston College Eagles men's basketball team and employee of the
Boston Public School system.
Early life
Power was born and raised in the
Mission Hill neighborhood in
Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Mission High School and Boston College. He served on the
USS Bataan during the
Second World War. After the war, Power worked for as a director of veterans services for the state of Massachusetts.
Boston College
Power spent twenty years as the freshman basketball coach at Boston College. He became the team's interim head coach in 1962 while the school's head coach
Bob Cousy played his final season with the
Boston Celtics
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. Following the NCAA's decision to allow freshmen to play on varsity teams, Power served as an assistant coach.
For his contributions to Boston College Basketball, Power was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.
Following his death, the school named the auxiliary basketball arena after Power. Also named after Power is the Frank Power Award, an annual award given the Boston College player "who exemplifies the spirit and love for Boston College that was characteristic of coach Power".
In addition to coaching college basketball, Power was also a college football official for 25 years.
Boston public schools
Power was the head basketball and football coach of
Mission High School in
Roxbury,
Massachusetts during the 1940s and 50s. He briefly coached football and basketball at
St. Sebastian's High School in
Newton, Massachusetts before returning to Mission High.
Power worked as a guidance councilor at
Boston Technical High School
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and assistant headmaster at
English High School of Boston. He was the headmaster at
Charlestown High School during the school's
busing crisis. Power stepped down as CHS headmaster in 1975. He later held the same position at the Occupational Resource Center and the
Boston Business School Boston Business School was established in 1914 to provide technical training education to the people of Boston, Massachusetts. It was located just outside Dudley Street in the Roxbury section of Boston and moved to Commonwealth Ave. in Boston. It w ...
.
Personal
Power's cousin,
Mike Power was a quarterback at Boston College from 1986-1989.
Death
Power died on June 4, 1985 in Athy, Ireland at the age of 62. He suffered a massive coronary while teaching basketball to a group of students.
References
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Year of birth missing
1985 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
American school administrators
Basketball coaches from Massachusetts
Boston College Eagles men's basketball coaches
Sportspeople from Boston
People from Mission Hill, Boston