- Andy Frank is in his seventh year as the director of player personnel for the football program. He oversees all aspects of the program’s recruiting department.
- Frank has helped the Nittany Lions secure top 25 recruiting classes each of the last six years, including top 15 classes in five of the last six seasons.
- Penn State’s recruiting classes in the last five years have been ranked an average of 13.1 nationally, which is a significant jump from the 40.8 average from 2012-14.
- Penn State is one of nine programs to sign a top-15 class in each of the last three years and one of 12 schools to claim a top-20 class each of the last five seasons.
- Seven of the 15 highest-ranked 247Sports Composite recruits at Penn State since 2000 have been signed during Frank’s tenure.
- The 3.83 average star ranking for the 2019 class was the highest in program history since the inception of the 247Sports Composite in 2000.
- The 2018 recruiting class was ranked No. 4 among all three major recruiting outlets – 247Sports, ESPN.com and Rivals. The No. 4 finish is the highest in program history.
- Frank was a member of James Franklin’s Vanderbilt staff, serving as the Player Personnel Coordinator for three years.
- In his role at Vanderbilt, Frank oversaw the two highest-ranked recruiting classes in Vanderbilt history (2012 ranked No. 29; 2013 ranked No. 19 nationally by Rivals.com).
- Frank was a member of the Vanderbilt staff from 2005-13, serving in several capacities, including defensive graduate assistant (2005-07), defensive quality control (2008), Assistant Recruiting Coordinator (2009), Assistant Director of Football Operations (2010) and Player Personnel Coordinator (2011-13).
- Before arriving at Vanderbilt, Frank worked four years for an engineering firm while also serving as an assistant football coach at Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan.
- A native of Sterling Heights, Michigan, he played running back at Stevenson High School. He then went on to play defensive back and special teams at Princeton University.
- He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Princeton in 2001 and a master’s in education from Vanderbilt in 2007.
