Jamie Franks is an American soccer player who last played for Rochester Rhinos in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.
Education
Franks attended Shawnee High School, where he was the 2004 New Jersey High School Player of the Year, a NSCAA/adidas High School All-American and a two-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American, and played club soccer for Medford Speed and the PDA Conquistadors.
He played college soccer at Wake Forest University from 2005 to 2008, appearing in 93 games for them in this period. In his senior year he had 3 goals and 11 assists. He compiled 7 goals and 20 assists over his four years, appeared in three college cups and won the 2007 National Championship.
During his college years Franks also played for both the Ocean City Barons and Carolina Dynamo in the USL Premier Development League.
Career
He is currently the head coach for the University of Denver. Franks is one of four brothers. Ryan, Brad, and Kyle.
Youth and College Professional Franks was drafted in the fourth round (49th overall) of the 2009 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by Chivas United States of America, but was not offered a contract by the club, and eventually signed with the of the USL Second Division.
He made his professional debut on April 25, 2009 in Wilmington"s 2–2 opening day tie with the Charlotte Eagles. He moved to USSF Division 2 club in March 2010.
Franks joined the coaching staff at his alma mater, Wake Forest, in March 2011. lieutenant was announced on March 21, 2012 that Franks would be leaving Wake Forest to become an assistant coach at the University of Denver.
On January 30, 2015 it was announced that Franks was the new head coach of the Denver Pioneers men"s soccer team
International While in college Franks played for the United States of America Under-18s national team
