The coaching bug first grabbed a hold of Coldstream’s Dean Francks in 1996-97 as a university student in the Lower Mainland.
After classes, the self-proclaimed “player of every sport” would head out to Langley and coach the senior boys basketball team at what was then Langley’s only secondary school, H.D. Stafford (now a middle school).
When his two daughters, Taylor and Kristen, became athletes in Greater Vernon, whether at school or in the community, Francks would get whatever certifications were required and was usually behind or on the bench.
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