Stephen Frankoski

Stephen Frankoski is in his second season at Stanford as assistant coach.

In its first season in the ACC, and the first under Kyle Smith, the Cardinal finished the 2024-25 campaign at 21-14 overall, marking its most total victories since 2014-15 while matching a program record with 17 wins at Maples Pavilion. Stanford went 9-1 at home in the ACC, while numerous players had career-best seasons, led by All-American and ACC first team honoree and Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Maxime Raynaud.

Frankoski joined the Cardinal after four seasons at Washington State as the director of player development. The appointment reunited Frankoski with Kyle Smith, who was his head coach as a player from 2010-15 at Columbia. He helped guide the Cougars to a 25-10 mark and second-place finish in the Pac-12 in 2023-24. The Cougars received a No. No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the round of 32 with a victory over Drake in the opening round. He was also a part of two NIT staffs with the Cougars in 2022 and 2023.

Prior to his time at Washington State, Frankoski spent four seasons as an assistant player development coach and assistant video coordinator with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He worked under head coach Tyronn Lue and assistant coaches Mike Longabardi, Dan Geriot and Phil Handy, and worked with a series of high-level NBA players, including Kevin Love, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr. and Kyle Korver, among others. Frankoski helped the Cavaliers to back-to-back NBA Finals appearances in 2017 and 2018.

Frankoski played four seasons for Smith at Columbia, starting 40 of his 95 career appearances. One of the top 3-point shooters in Lions’ history, Frankoski ranks sixth in Columbia history with 168 made triples. His 45.5 percent clip from beyond the arc in 2012-13 stands as the ninth-best single-season mark in program history.