# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:00:12.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-francis"
name: "Bob Francis"
slug: "bob-francis"
description: "Robert Emile Francis is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1982–83 season, though most of his career was spent in the minor leagues. He was the head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes of the from June 1999 to February 2004. In 2002 Francis became the first Coyotes' coach to win the Jack Adams Award. He is the son of former NHL general manager and coach Emile Francis."
tagline: "Canadian-born American ice hockey player and coach"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.20684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D1%96_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Боббі Френсіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بوبي فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بوبى فرنسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Francis"
    title: "Bob Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Francis"
    title: "Bobby Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Francis"
    title: "Bob Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Francis_(hockey_sur_glace)"
    title: "Robert Francis (hockey sur glace)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Francis"
    title: "Bobby Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump