Dr. Enock Francois, The Patricia Miranda Associate Head Wrestling Coach, joined the Stanford wrestling staff as an assistant coach in June 2021 and was promoted to associate head coach in October of 2022. He enters his third season with the Cardinal in 2023-24.
In two seasons with Dr. Francois on staff, Stanford has produced three All-Americans, three individual Pac-12 champions, one Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, 11 NWCA Scholar All-Americans, two College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans and 23 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selections.
Dr. Francsois helped lead Stanford to a runner-up finish at the Pac-12 Championships in 2023, hosted at Maples Pavilion. Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year Daniel Cardenas (157) became just the ninth Cardinal freshman to win an individual conference title. At the national tournament, Shane Griffith (165) placed fifth to secure his third career NCAA All-America honors - just the third Cardinal wrestler to accomplish that feat.
In his first year on The Farm, Dr. Francois helped the Cardinal secure another top 20 finish at the national tournament and produce multiple All-Americans in the same season for the first time since 2016. Griffith (165) and Real Woods (141) reached the semifinals at the NCAA Championships - the first time the Cardinal had multiple wrestlers in the semifinals in the same season. Griffith was the national runner-up, becoming just the second two-time finalist in program history.
Dr. Francois also assisted the Cardinal in a third-place finish as a team at the Pac-12 Championships, guiding Woods (141) and Tyler Eischens (174) to individual conference titles.
Dr. Francois came to The Farm from Florida, where he was the Buffalo Stampeders Wrestling Club Director and the Special Services Coordinator at The Villages Charter School since 2018. He also served as an associate head wrestling coach at The Villages Charter School during that time.
Dr. Francois was a member of the U.S. Senior National Greco Team in 2017 and a Senior Nationals placewinner in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. He spent time with Koll while training fulltime with the Cornell wrestling program from 2014-18 within the regional training center, and served as a coach with the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club (FLWC).
A 2016 Olympic Trials U.S. qualifier, he placed fourth at the 2015 USA Wrestling World Team Trials challenge tournament. In 2020, Dr. Francois was the Pan Am Games Ju-Jitsu Blue Belt Masters 1 champion and placed second at the Ju-Jitsu Blue Belt Masters 1 World Championships.
Dr. Francois brings a wealth of experience in leadership, coaching and teaching to the Cardinal program. A student-athlete at California Baptist, he received his undergraduate degree in psychology with a concentration in social work. He was a three-time collegiate All-American and a national finalist.
Dr. Francois earned his master's in special education in 2012 and a Ph.D. in education leadership from the University of Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky.
In two seasons with Dr. Francois on staff, Stanford has produced three All-Americans, three individual Pac-12 champions, one Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, 11 NWCA Scholar All-Americans, two College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans and 23 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selections.
Dr. Francsois helped lead Stanford to a runner-up finish at the Pac-12 Championships in 2023, hosted at Maples Pavilion. Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year Daniel Cardenas (157) became just the ninth Cardinal freshman to win an individual conference title. At the national tournament, Shane Griffith (165) placed fifth to secure his third career NCAA All-America honors - just the third Cardinal wrestler to accomplish that feat.
In his first year on The Farm, Dr. Francois helped the Cardinal secure another top 20 finish at the national tournament and produce multiple All-Americans in the same season for the first time since 2016. Griffith (165) and Real Woods (141) reached the semifinals at the NCAA Championships - the first time the Cardinal had multiple wrestlers in the semifinals in the same season. Griffith was the national runner-up, becoming just the second two-time finalist in program history.
Dr. Francois also assisted the Cardinal in a third-place finish as a team at the Pac-12 Championships, guiding Woods (141) and Tyler Eischens (174) to individual conference titles.
Dr. Francois came to The Farm from Florida, where he was the Buffalo Stampeders Wrestling Club Director and the Special Services Coordinator at The Villages Charter School since 2018. He also served as an associate head wrestling coach at The Villages Charter School during that time.
Dr. Francois was a member of the U.S. Senior National Greco Team in 2017 and a Senior Nationals placewinner in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. He spent time with Koll while training fulltime with the Cornell wrestling program from 2014-18 within the regional training center, and served as a coach with the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club (FLWC).
A 2016 Olympic Trials U.S. qualifier, he placed fourth at the 2015 USA Wrestling World Team Trials challenge tournament. In 2020, Dr. Francois was the Pan Am Games Ju-Jitsu Blue Belt Masters 1 champion and placed second at the Ju-Jitsu Blue Belt Masters 1 World Championships.
Dr. Francois brings a wealth of experience in leadership, coaching and teaching to the Cardinal program. A student-athlete at California Baptist, he received his undergraduate degree in psychology with a concentration in social work. He was a three-time collegiate All-American and a national finalist.
Dr. Francois earned his master's in special education in 2012 and a Ph.D. in education leadership from the University of Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky.