Margaret (Peg) Franco | Class of 1960 |
Field Hockey, Softball, Swimming
Coach & Administrator, 1963–2000
Margaret (Peg) Franco earned varsity awards in field hockey,
softball, and swimming, and served on the Intercollegiate Athletic
Board. At the 1959 Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming Championships,
she was first in the 100 free and helped the QC team place second.
As a faculty member, she coached QC women’s basketball in
1963–64 and the women’s swim team in 1964–73.
Selected as Coach of the Year in 1968, Peg held national
official’s ratings in swimming and basketball and was an
official at the 1964 Olympic Swim Trials and the 1984 International
Games for the Disabled. She was QC’s first female Associate
Athletic Director (1976–77) and served as chair of the Health
& Physical Education Dept. from 1989 to 1995 and deputy chair
from 1995 to 2000, when she retired.
