Bill Frieder
{{Short description|American college basketball coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Frieder
| image = Bill Frieder, UM Basketball head coach, 1988.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Frieder in 1988
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|3|3}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Michigan
| player_years1 =
| player_team1 =
| coach_years1 = 1973–1980
| coach_team1 = Michigan (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1980–1989
| coach_team2 = Michigan
| coach_years3 = 1989–1997
| coach_team3 = Arizona State
| overall_record = 318–197
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 8–6 (NCAA Division I)
8–5 (NIT)
| championships = NIT (1984)
2 Big Ten regular season (1985, 1986)
| awards = AP Coach of the Year (1985)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (1985)
| coaching_records =
}}
William Samuel Frieder (born March 3, 1942) is a former basketball coach at Michigan (1981–1989) and Arizona State (1989–1997). Frieder's 1985–86 team was the last Michigan team to win a Big Ten Championship until the 2011–12 team.
Just before the 1989 NCAA tournament, Frieder announced that he would leave Michigan for Arizona State at the end of the season. Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler ordered Frieder to leave immediately, and named top assistant Steve Fisher as the interim coach for the tournament. Schembechler famously announced, "A Michigan man will coach Michigan, not an Arizona State man." The Wolverines went on to win the tournament and Fisher was officially given the head coaching job. Michigan credits the 1988–89 team's regular season to Frieder and the NCAA tournament to Fisher.
Frieder resigned from Arizona State in 1997 following a point-shaving scandal that involved games from the school’s 1994 season.{{cite web |last1=Reisner |first1=Mel |title=Frieder steps down after eight problem-filled seasons at Arizona State |url=https://apnews.com/article/67a3c4a5a9022a7f91254f18540d637e |website=AP News |access-date=23 March 2021}}
Personal
Frieder is a 1964 graduate of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
During the 1990s, Frieder and Lute Olson, then coach of the Arizona Wildcats, participated in a series of television commercials together for Bank One.{{Cite web|url=http://www.houseofsparky.com/2012/12/21/3793088/an-early-holiday-present-the-bill-frieder-and-lute-olson-commercials|title = An Early Holiday Present: The Bill Frieder and Lute Olson Commercials|date = 21 December 2012}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Michigan Wolverines
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 1980
| endyear = 1989
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1980–81
| name = Michigan
| overall = 19–11
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = NIT Quarterfinal
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1981–82
| name = Michigan
| overall = 7–20
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1982–83
| name = Michigan
| overall = 15–13
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = postseason
| season = 1983–84
| name = Michigan
| overall = 23–10
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = NIT Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1984–85
| name = Michigan
| overall = 26–4
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1985–86
| name = Michigan
| overall = 28–5
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1986–87
| name = Michigan
| overall = 20–12
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1987–88
| name = Michigan
| overall = 26–8
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1988–89
| name = Michigan
| overall = 24–7
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = fired {{efn|name=Frieder fired}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Michigan
| overall = 188–90
| confrecord = 102–64
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Arizona State Sun Devils
| conference = Pacific-10 Conference
| startyear = 1989
| endyear = 1997
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1989–90
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 15–16
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1990–91
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 20–10
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1991–92
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 19–14
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason = NIT Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1992–93
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 18–10
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1993–94
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 15–13
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1994–95
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 24–9*
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1995–96
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 11–16
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 10–20
| conference = 2–16
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 130–107**
| confrecord = 66–78
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 318–197***
}}
Frieder was fired prior to coaching in the 1989 NCAA Tournament
* 2 NCAA Tournament wins and 1 NCAA Tournament loss were later vacated
** Record at Arizona State includes vacated games
*** Final record includes vacated games
Bibliography
- Cummings, D. L. (1995). "Frieder Looks on Sunny Side at Arizona State." New York Daily News. March 22.
- (1997). "Frieder Resigns at Arizona State." The New York Times. September 11.
- (1988) "Basket Case – The Frenetic Life of Michigan Coach Bill Frieder" by Bill Frieder with Jeff Mortimer
- ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia (2009)
Notes
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