About the Coach
Fran Rizzo
Head Coach, Women's Track & Field
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-896-4997
frizzo@haverford.edu
Fran Rizzo, who begins his 20th year as Haverford's women's cross country and track & field coach, has guided the Fords to 13 Centennial Conference titles in cross country and track & field. Haverford has won three conference cross country championships (1993, 1995, 1996) and five each in indoor (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and outdoor track & field (1995, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
Under Rizzo's direction, Kristen Wilson '03 was named Centennial Conference Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2000 and Centennial Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2001, and 11 Rizzo runners - Tamara Lave '90, Jen Maranzano '94, Danielle Wolfrom '94, Emily Dorean '97, Meredith Unger '97, Rachel Mosher '99, Kate Westfall '99, Jane Steinemann '04, Aislinn Sowash '07, Annick Lamar '08 and Jessie Belden '09 - have earned Division III All-American status. Unger and Mosher were five-time cross country and track national honorees, while Maranzano accomplished the same feat four times. More recently, Belden earned Centennial Conference Most Outstanding Field Performer honors for both indoor and outdoor in 2009.
The holder of a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from West Chester University, Rizzo has extensive teaching and coaching experience in the Philadelphia area. He guided the cross country and track teams at Devon Preparatory School to several league championships in the seven years he spent there prior to his arrival at Haverford. He has also coached at the Main Line Day School and in the Philadelphia Recreation Department.
Rizzo will be assisted again this year by Doug Mason '81 and former Westtown School head coach Rob Upton, who specializes in strength training and throwing events.