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The funeral for Noble Franklin, longtime coach in Santa Ana and a great athlete at Valley in the 1970s, is Saturday at 11 a.m. at Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana.

Visitation is Friday, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Brown Colonial Mortuary in Santa Ana. Also, a visitation precedes the funeral at Second Baptist, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Franklin coached football and track at Saddleback and at Valley. He was an outstanding receiver at Valley. Franklin also was a security officer at Saddleback.