Bobby Francis
Robert Emile Francis (born December 5, 1958) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey player and coach. He was the head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes from June 1999 to February 2004. In 2002 Francis became the first Coyotes' coach to win the Jack Adams Award. He is the son of former NHL general manager and coach Emile Francis.
Coaching career
The Coyotes had chosen to hire Bob Francis, who over the past 2 years, had been the assistant coach for the Boston Bruins. His only NHL experience was with the Coyotes. Francis was fired in 2004 after a slow start, and was replaced by assistant coach Rick Bowness.
On April 26, 2006 Francis signed a two year-contract to coach HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga. On December 19, 2006 Francis's contract was terminated ().
Personal
Although he was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, he spent much of his youth growing up in Long Beach, New York, where his father was coaching the New York Rangers. Bob Francis holds both Canadian and American citizenship. In September 2012, it was revealed that Francis has lost his balance and equilibrium and requires a walker to get around. The symptoms began showing during the 2003-04 NHL season. Francis also revealed his struggle with alcoholism, which played a key factor in his dismissal from HIFK.
Bob Francis (radio)
Robert Neville "Bob" Francis OAM (born 11 March 1939 in Cairo, Egypt) is a former talk back radio presenter on South Australian radio station 5AA. His program aired between 8 pm and 12 midnight weekdays and was rated as Adelaide's most popular talk back program.
In July 2013, it was announced that Francis was to retire at the end of that year. The following month Bob Francis announced that he would retire from the airways on 8 August 2013 after 57 years. Suitably a variety of radio, television, media and music celebrities expressed their appreciation towards Bob's career through taped segments being aired during his last week of broadcast.
Broadcasting career
Francis hosted his own radio show on 5AA from 1985 to 2013 and was the station's longest serving employee. He completed 50 years in radio. Older listeners remember his long-standing on-air partnership with Andy Thorpe in the late sixties to mid-seventies on radio 5ADD.
5AA's website ironically describes him as "Aggressive, loud, rude, arrogant... and those are his good points." He also regularly referred to some of his callers as "Dickbrains". Francis ran a talkback show with an extremely conservative bias. He generally had little patience for someone, who presented views contrary to his own. In some cases, Francis would cut them off and/or banned them from calling him.
Robert Francis
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