{"id":11789,"date":"2022-06-22T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T01:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/temple-fencing-coach-nikki-franke-has-been-inspiring-athletes-for-50-years\/"},"modified":"2022-06-22T01:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T01:00:15","slug":"temple-fencing-coach-nikki-franke-has-been-inspiring-athletes-for-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=11789","title":{"rendered":"Temple Fencing Coach Nikki Franke Has Been Inspiring Athletes For 50 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cg1cn0738Hk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Title IX was signed into law 50 years ago this week. That same year, Nikki Franke started Temple University&#8217;s varsity women&#8217;s fencing team. Franke, the only female African American head coach in Division I fencing, has an impressive record \u2013 nearly 900 wins \u2013 but her impact on athletes is the true measure of her success. She tells NBC News&#8217; Stephanie Gosk that &#8220;we have done a lot&#8221; for progress on gender equality in college sports, &#8220;but there&#8217;s still a lot to do.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00bb Subscribe to NBC News: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb Watch more NBC video: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. 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We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with NBC News Online!<br \/>\nNBC News App: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/smart.link\/5d0cd9df61b80\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/smart.link\/5d0cd9df61b80<\/a><br \/>\nBreaking News Alerts: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621<\/a><br \/>\nVisit NBCNews.Com: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/ReadNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/ReadNBC<\/a><br \/>\nFind NBC News on Facebook: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/LikeNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/LikeNBC<\/a><br \/>\nFollow NBC News on Twitter: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/FollowNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/FollowNBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#NBCNews #Temple #InspiringAmerica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title IX was signed into law 50 years ago this week. That same year, Nikki Franke started Temple University&#8217;s varsity women&#8217;s fencing team. Franke, the only female African American head coach in Division I fencing, has an impressive record \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[63,5354,179,4025,5350,5351,5224,5352,38,5263,165,5353,149],"class_list":["post-11789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-breaking-news","tag-evening-news","tag-health","tag-international-news","tag-lester-holt","tag-making-a-difference","tag-national-news","tag-nbc-nightly-news","tag-news","tag-nightly-news","tag-politics","tag-u-s-news","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}