Fred Cofield

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Fred Cofield

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| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 189

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| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|1|4}}

| birth_place = Ypsilanti, Michigan

| high_school = Ypsilanti (Ypsilanti, Michigan)

| college =

• Oregon (1980–1982)
• Eastern Michigan (1983–1985)

| draft_year = 1985

| draft_round = 4

| draft_pick = 73

| draft_team = New York Knicks

| career_start = 1985

| career_end = 1996

| years1 = {{nbay|1985|full=yes}}

| team1 = New York Knicks

| years2 = 1986–1987

| team2 = Albany Patroons

| years3 = {{nbay|1987|end}}

| team3 = Chicago Bulls

| years4 = 1987

| team4 = Albany Patroons

| years5 = 1987–1988

| team5 = Rockford Lightning

| years6 = 1988

| team6 = Chicago Express

| years7 = 1989

| team7 = Fórum Valladolid

| years8 = 1989–1990

| team8 = Rockford Lightning

| years9 = 1990

| team9 = Youngstown Pride

| years10 = 1990–1991

| team10 = Rockford Lightning

| years11 = 1991

| team11 = Youngstown Pride

| years12 = 1992–1993

| team12 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years13 = 1993–1994

| team13 = Victoria Titans

| years14 = 1994

| team14 = Cocodrilos de Caracas

| years15 = 1994–1995

| team15 = Canberra Cannons

| years16 = 1995–1996

| team16 = Cocodrilos de Caracas

| highlights =

• All-CBA Second Team (1988)

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Frederick Cofield (born January 4, 1962) is a retired American basketball player. He was a {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|adj=on}}, {{convert|190|lb|kg|adj=on|abbr=on}} guard.

Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Cofield played collegiately for the University of Oregon and Eastern Michigan University.

He was selected by the New York Knicks in the 4th round (73rd pick overall) of the 1985 NBA draft.

He played for the Knicks (1985–86) and Chicago Bulls (1986–87) in the NBA for 50 games.

Cofield played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Albany Patroons, Rockford Lightning and Rapid City Thrillers from 1986 to 1993.{{cite web |title=Fred Cofield minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-cofiefre001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 22, 2025}} He was selected to the All-CBA Second Team in 1988.