Fran Elms
Women's Basketball Head Coach
felms0804@curry.edu
The 2008-2009 season will be Elms’ fifth as head coach of the Colonels’ women’s basketball team. Last year, he guided Curry to a 10-15 overall record and a 5-8 mark in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC). In 2006-2007, Curry finished with a 12-14 overall record and a 9-9 mark in the Commonwealth Coast Conference.
In his debut season, Curry posted a 7-18 record and finished in a fifth place tie in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) South Division. In 2005-2006, Elms led the Colonels back to the CCC Tournament with a 7-11 conference record and a third-place finish in the South Division. Curry finished at 8-18 overall.
Elms previously served as an assistant coach at Wheaton College from 2001-2003, and at Stonehill College during the 2000-2001 season. Elms also worked summer camps at Boston College from 2001-2003.
Elms’ basketball experience stretches back to 1993, when he first coordinated the Stoyac Girls League and became a certified referee. During the 1995-96 season, he not only coordinated the Stoyac Girls League, but also coached a pair of Bay State Magic AAU squads, which ranged in age from 12 to 14. In 1997-1998, he continued his Stoyac League responsibilities for both boys and girls and his AAU coaching, and was also mentor for an eighth grade girls team that won a Metro West title and various other tournaments.
Elms has been an AAU coach for several years, leading various teams to three State Championships, a Silver Medal, a Bronze Medal and a Gold Medal in the Bay State Games. One highlight of Elms’ recent coaching resume came during the 1999-2000 school year. As head coach of the Bay State Magic AAU 16 year-olds, he led his squad to a 30-11 record, a third-place finish in the State Championships (Bronze Medal) and a trip to the Junior Nationals, where the team went 4-3.
In 1984, Elms founded New England Drain Service, a company he continues to own and operate. He resides in Stoughton, Mass. with his wife Ellen. The couple has three children: Tiffany 26, Brett 25 and Samantha 12.