Saul Rafel-Frankel begins his fifth season as University of Delaware Director of Men's Basketball Operations in the 2011-12 season.
Rafel-Frankel's responsibilities as the team's first-ever director of operations include coordinating team travel, coordinating recruiting visits, handling business operations, serving as staff liaison to UD compliance, business, and equipment rooms, and assisting in scheduling of practices and competition.
Rafel-Frankel played a big part in Delaware's improvement to 14-17 in 2007-08 as the Hens went 9-9 in league place, placed seventh in the Colonial Athletic Association regular season standings, and earned a first round CAA Tournament win over Drexel.
Delaware went 13-19 during the 2008-09 season, posting victories over VCU and George Mason, before posting a record of 7-24 the following year.
Last season the Blue Hens made a seven-win improvement, finishing 14-17 overall and placing seventh in the CAA with an 8-10 league mark. UD advanced to the CAA Tournament Quarterfinals following a victory over Northeastern in the first round.
This offseason, Rafel-Frankel was ranked third in the conference in the RecruitDirt.com rankings of league men’s basketball operations directors.
Rafel-Frankel, a 2006 Delaware graduate, returned to the Blue Hen men's basketball program after serving one season as the video coordinator at La Salle University in 2006-07. While at La Salle he handled opponent scouting tapes, edited Explorers game and practice tapes, and assisted the Director of Basketball Operations.
Rafel-Frankel was a four-year manager with Delaware from 2002-06, managing a team of seven student managers. He assisted in a variety of ways with UD practices, and assisted with the planning and organization of team travel and meals. As a senior Rafel-Frankel also served as a community relations intern with the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, coordinating player appearances at charity events, manning a charity table during home games, and assisting in camps.
Rafel-Frankel has also served as head assistant coach for the New Heights AAU Basketball Team for the last four summers, and this past summer served as director of the Monté Ross Basketball Camp. He graduated from Delaware with a bachelor of science degree in health behavior management, majoring in sport management with a minor in coaching science and a business of finance certificate.
He was named the Myles Brand Student of the Year in 2006, an award voted on by faculty and given to a senior sport management major.
In January, 2011, Rafel-Frankel earned a Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in Sports Administration from Delaware.
Updated 10/12/11
Head Coach Monté Ross
Assistant Coach Jeff Rafferty
Assistant Coach Mike Pegues
Assistant Coach Phil Martelli, Jr.
