Andrew Francis joined the Green & Blue as an assistant coach for the 2023-24 season after four seasons with Mark Fox at California. With nearly two decades of NCAA Division I experience at Cal, Iowa, Siena, and Villanova, Francis will begin his second season with the squad in 2024-25.

"Coach Francis is a tremendous leader, coach and mentor of young men," Chambers said. "His work ethic and experience of over two decades (Villanova, Siena, Iowa, and Cal) will serve our program immediately."
 
In his first year in Berkeley, Francis helped guide the Bears to a 14-18 overall record, up from 8-23 in the year prior, and upped their conference win total to seven wins after securing just three wins the previous season. Despite a 9-20 overall mark in 2020-21, the Bears picked up yet another Pac-12 Tournament victory over rival Stanford in the first round. Francis' third year in Berkeley saw Cal post a 12-20 overall record, with three Bears earning All-Pac-12 postseason honors. Cal went 3-29 last season in Francis' fourth year on the bench.
 
Praised for his tireless recruiting efforts and player development, Francis served the Hawkeyes for nine seasons and was a member of the longest-tenured coaching staff in Division I basketball after becoming Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery's first hire in April 2010. During his time in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes averaged 20 wins in eight consecutive seasons and won at least 18 games per season for six straight seasons (2012-17), while attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena increased by more than 50 percent. The Hawkeyes were one of just three teams to finish in the upper division of the Big Ten in at least six of his last seven seasons.
 
In Francis' final season with the Hawkeyes, Iowa amassed 23 victories – the program's second-highest total in more than a decade – and was nationally ranked for 16 consecutive weeks. With his help over the last decade, Iowa regained its footing as a national powerhouse, achieving its highest national ranking since 1987 when the Hawkeyes earned a No. 3 ranking in January 2016. The Hawkeyes were ranked in both major polls in each of the final 11 weeks of the 2016 season. In 2013, Iowa tallied 25 wins and reached the NIT Championship game.
 
Before joining the Iowa staff on April 8, 2010, Francis served under McCaffery at Siena from 2007-10, helping with the team's recruiting, player development, and scouting efforts as an assistant coach. During his three seasons in Loudonville, the Saints claimed three consecutive conference titles and NCAA Tournament berths. He guided six Saints players to all-conference honors, plus two Player of the Year recipients and a Sixth Man of the Year.
 
Francis arrived at Siena after a two-year stint under Jay Wright at Villanova beginning in August 2005, where he was Wright's administrative assistant and video coordinator. He assisted the program in various roles while directing the video operations of the basketball office.
 
A Brooklyn, N.Y., native, Francis is a 1992 graduate of Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School. He played basketball at Fulton Montgomery Community College in Johnstown, N.Y., before completing his college career under Sidney Green at Long Island University-Southampton. Francis graduated in 1998 with a degree in marketing and management.
 
When his professional playing career ended due to a knee injury, Francis became a volunteer assistant coach at Concordia College. From 2003-05, he served as the head women's coach at Mt. St. Vincent College, compiling a 26-27 record. In addition, he served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Westchester Wildfire of the United States Basketball League.