𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗡 Was born in 1947 in the Woodlawn section of The Bronx NY into a family of athletes. His older brothers, Walter Jr. and Jackie, were standouts at Fordham Prep High School. Jackie played basketball for the Saint Louis Billikens semi-pro basketball team, but died suddenly and tragically in a car accident in his prime. Younger brother, Tom followed in their athletic footsteps, playing at Fordham Prep, but then decided to play at UMass instead of nearby Fordham University and was a teammate of Dr. Julius Erving! He later coached the Minutemen of UMass after his playing career was over. McLaughlin led the Fordham Prep varsity basketball team in scoring all three years and was selected to the 1965 CHSAA All-City First Team along with Lew Alcindor. (Kareem Abdul Jabbar). He then played for the Fordham University men's team averaging 10 points and 3.3 rebounds over 77 games as a guard and helped the Rams to a 1969 NIT appearance. He was drafted in the 10th round of the 1969 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. Frank started coaching as an assistant to Jack Donohue, another Woodlawn neighborhood legend, at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. After a single season with the Crusaders, McLaughlin returned home his roots in The Bronx, and his alma mater Fordham, as assistant coach to Digger Phelps. He then accompanied Phelps to Notre Dame and served as his assistant again. In 1977, McLaughlin replaced Tom "Satch" Sanders, the former Boston Celtic great, as the head basketball coach at Harvard, where he remained for 8 consecutive seasons. In October 1985, Frank McLaughlin was named Athletic Director at Fordham as the department experienced enormous growth under his leadership. He oversaw the addition of new varsity sports teams, eight new full-time coaching positions, promotion of several coaches from part-time to full-time and initiated full- time positions in the sports medicine, strength and conditioning departments. Before his full retirement in late 2023, he stepped down as full-time athletic director in 2012 and transitioned into a leadership role as Associate Vice President for Athletic Alumni Relations / Athletic Director Emeritus, and special advisor through 2023. A grateful and appreciative Fordham University Athletics community, had already dedicated the Rose Hill Gym floor as the "Frank McLaughlin Family Court" in 2022 for his nearly 60 years of service to the school.