Fred Chmiel
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Fred Chmiel
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Bowling Green
| current_conference = MAC
| current_record = 16–15 ({{Winning percentage|16|15}})†
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| alma_mater = Excelsior College
| coach_years1 = 1994–1995
| coach_team1 = Feather River College (men's asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1995–1999
| coach_team2 = Feather River College (men's HC)
| coach_years3 = 1999–2005
| coach_team3 = Lassen College (men's HC)
| coach_years4 = 2005
| coach_team4 = Charlotte Sting (asst.)
| coach_years5 = 2006
| coach_team5 = San Jose Spiders
| coach_years6 = 2006–2008
| coach_team6 = Temple (asst.)
| coach_years7 = 2008–2010
| coach_team7 = San Diego State (asst.)
| coach_years8 = 2010–2014
| coach_team8 = Penn State (asst.)
| coach_years9 = 2014–2015
| coach_team9 = Minnesota (asst.)
| coach_years10 = 2015–2023
| coach_team10 = South Carolina (asst.)
| coach_years11 = 2023–present
| coach_team11 = Bowling Green
| overall_record = 16–15 ({{Winning percentage|16|15}})†
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Fredrick Joe Chmiel is an American women's basketball coach. He is currently the women's basketball head coach at the Bowling Green State University.{{Cite web|title=Fred Chmiel Named BGSU Women's Basketball Head Coach|url=https://bgsufalcons.com/news/2023/4/8/womens-basketball-fred-chmiel-named-bgsu-womens-basketball-head-coach.aspx|website=Bowling Green Athletics|access-date=April 8, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|language=en}} He previously served as the head coach at Feather River College, Lassen College and the San Jose Spiders of the NWBL. He also was an assistant coach in the WNBA and at several NCAA Division I universities including the University of South Carolina where he was part of two national championship teams.{{Cite web|title=Gamecocks women's hoops lose valuable assistant coach|url=https://247sports.com/college/south-carolina/Article/South-Carolina-womens-basketball-lose-assistant-coach-fred-chmiel-208042716/|website=247Sports|first=John|last=Whittle|access-date=April 8, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|language=en}}
Early life and education
Chmiel played basketball at Feather River College in California where he was All-Golden Valley Conference first-team. He also attended the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He earned a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Excelsior College and a master's degree in athletics administration from Concordia University.{{Cite web|title=Fred Chmiel|url=https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/wbball/roster/coach/fred-chmiel/|access-date=2023-04-08|website=University of South Carolina Athletics|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/bowling-green-state-university-hires-new-womens-basketball-coach/512-1121ebf1-726e-46eb-ae98-8bdbd61429e7|title=Bowling Green hires new women's basketball coach|access-date=2023-04-09|website=WTOL|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2023/04/08/bowling-green-hires-south-carolina-assistant-chmiel-as-women-s-basketball-coach/stories/20230408124|title=Bowling Green hires South Carolina assistant Chmiel as women's basketball coach|access-date=2023-04-09|website=Toledo Blade|language=en}}
Coaching career
Chmiel began is coaching career as an assistant coach of the women's basketball team at Feather River College in 1994 and took over as the head coach the following year where he stayed for four seasons. In 1999 he took over as the head coach at Lassen College where he won three Golden Valley Conference championships.{{Cite web|title=Chmiel hired as new BGSU women's basketball coach|url=https://www.sent-trib.com/2023/04/08/chmiel-hired-as-new-bgsu-womens-basketball-coach/|website=Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune|access-date=April 9, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|language=en}}
In 2005 he was an assistant with the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA where he coached future Hall of Famer Dawn Staley. He was also a WNBA scout with the Indiana Fever and Detroit Shock.{{Cite web|title=Bowling Green names Chmiel as Women's Basketball Head Coach|url=https://whoopdirt.com/bowling-green-names-chmiel-as-womens-basketball-head-coach/|website=Whoopdirt|access-date=April 8, 2023|date=April 9, 2023|language=en}} In 2006 he was the head coach of the NWBL's San Jose Spiders.
He accepted his first Division I assistant coach position under Dawn Staley from 2006 through 2008 when she was the head coach at Temple.{{Cite web|title=BGSU announces new head coach for women's basketball|url=https://www.si.com/college/southcarolina/basketball/south-carolina-womens-basketball-assistant-fred-chmiel-leaving-for-bowling-green|website=Sports Illustrated|first=Andrew|last=Lyon|access-date=April 8, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|language=en}} He held an assistant coach position for two seasons at San Diego State, four seasons at Penn State, and one season at Minnesota before reuniting with Staley as one of her assistants at South Carolina in 2015.{{Cite web|title=Fred Chmiel, longtime South Carolina assistant for Dawn Staley, lands head coach job|url=https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-womens-basketball/article274112615.html|website=The State|access-date=April 9, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|first=Dwayne|last=McLemore|language=en}} During his eight years with the Gamecocks they won two national titles and advanced to the final four in each of his final three seasons.{{Cite web|title=Gamecocks assistant named head coach at Bowling Green|url=https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/04/09/gamecocks-assistant-named-head-coach-bowling-green/|website=FOX Carolina|first=Beth|last=Hoole|access-date=April 8, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|language=en}} He helped coach A'ja Wilson and Aliyah Boston to National Player of the Year awards.{{Cite web|title=Falcons Name Fred Chmiel Head Women's Basketball Coach|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2023/4/9/falcons-name-fred-chmiel-head-womens-basketball-coach.aspx|website=Mid-American Conference|access-date=April 8, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|language=en}}
=Bowling Green=
On April 8, 2023, he was named as the 10th head coach women's basketball head coach at Bowling Green.{{Cite web|title=BGSU announces new head coach for women's basketball|url=https://www.13abc.com/2023/04/08/bgsu-announces-new-head-coach-womens-basketball/|website=WTVG|first=Nia|last=Lambdin|access-date=April 8, 2023|date=April 8, 2023|language=en}}
Head coaching record
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| {{CollegePrimaryHeader|Team|Year|G|W|L|W–L%|Finish|PG|PW|PL|PW–L%|Result}} | |||||||||||
| San Jose Spiders | 2006 | 18 | 8 | 10 | {{Winning percentage|8|10}} | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | {{Winning percentage|1|1}} | Won third place game |
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{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type=coach | conference= |postseason=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Bowling Green
|startyear=2023
|conference=Mid-American Conference
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24{{Cite web|title=2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule|url=https://bgsufalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2023-24|website=Bowling Green Athletics|language=en}}
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 18–13
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = {{Winning percentage|34|28|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|21|15|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|34|28|record=y}}†
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{{va|†}}Coaching record does not include his collegiate men's basketball coaching record at Feather River College and Lassen College because it is unknown to the author.
Personal life
References
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External links
- [https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/wbball/roster/coach/fred-chmiel/ South Carolina Gamecocks coaching bio]
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