As an All-American selection playing at Indianapolis Technical, Frank Kendrick attended Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. He finished his career at Purdue with 1,269 points, #22 All-Time at Purdue. 664 rebounds (#9 All-Time) and 29 double-doubles.
He played basketball under head coach George King in his sophomore season. Playing under Fred Schaus in his last two seasons at Purdue, he led the Boilers to the 1974 National Institute of Technology Championship, scoring a team high 25 points against Utah. He was selected as the team Most Valuable Player and as a First Team All-Big Ten selection during his Junior and Senior seasons while averaging 18.5 points per game in both seasons.
He was named a Helms Athletic Foundation All-American following his Senior season.
Frank helped lead the team to an overall 48-30 record in his three varsity seasons, which includes a 24-18 Big Ten Conference record. Golden State Warriors
Kendrick was the 47th pick in the 3rd round of the 1974 National Basketball Association Draft.
Playing alongside Rick Barry and fellow rookie Jamaal Wilkes in 24 games, he averaged 3.3 points per game and shot 40.3 percent from the field Euro League
After one season in the National Basketball Association, Kendrick moved overseas where he spent a decade in several European (France, Belgium and Switzerland) leagues.
Purdue
After his professional career, he returned to his alma mater and joined the Purdue bench with fellow assistant coaches Steve Lavin and Bruce Weber under head coach Gene Keady.
He helped Purdue to an overall record of 222-96, which included nine National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances and one National Institute of Technology appearance. After ten years on the Purdue bench, another former Boilermaker, Cuonzo Martin, became an assistant a year later. He was involved in an National Collegiate Athletic Association investigation for alleged recruiting violations at Purdue in 1995.
Purdue ultimately paid $80,000 in fines and Kendrick left Purdue the next season.
Gary Steelheads
After ten seasons on the Boilermakers bench, he moved on to coach the Gary Steelheads, a first-year franchise team located in Gary, Indiana in the College of Business Administration. He drafted two former Boilers in Jaraan Cornell and Chad Austin. Other
Frank currently runs basketball camps, which consists of other former Purdue, International Business Alliance, and National Basketball Association players.
In 2002, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He spent two seasons (2009-2010 & 2010-2011) as the head coach of his high school alma mater, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical High School.
He currently is employed at Pike High School as the Dean of Students.
He played one season (1974–1975) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Golden State Warriors.
