Brenda Frese
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Brenda Frese is the current women's basketball team head coach at the University of Maryland. During her four years as head coach, she reversed the team's losing record and guided it to win the 2006 Women's National Championship.
[edit] Coaching Career
Frese's career started in 1994 as an assistant coach at Kent State and Iowa State and then spent three years as head coach at Ball State and Minnesota. During her 2001-02 season at Minnesota, she led a one-year turnaround of 8-20 to 22-8, one of the biggest in NCAA history. Minnesota made it to the 2nd round of the NCAA Championship that year, and Frese was named the AP National Coach of the Year for 2002.
[edit] The 2006 Championship win
Frese coached Maryland's Terrapins to an impressive 34-4 record during the 2006 season. The team finished the season by winning the 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the final game, Maryland's Kristi Toliver tied the game with a jumper over center Alison Bales with six seconds left and forced Duke's team into overtime, eventually winning by a score of 78-75. She is the 5th youngest women's coach to win a national championship.
[edit] See also
AP article on Frese, her career, and the championship win
Biographical page at UM's athletics site
