Brenda Frese

Brenda Frese
Frese in 2020
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMaryland
ConferenceBig Ten
Record582–161 (.783)
Biographical details
Born (1970-04-30) April 30, 1970 (age 54)[1]
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
1989–1992Arizona
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1993Pima CC (volunteer asst.)
1993–1995Kent State (asst.)
1995–1999Iowa State (asst.)
1999–2001Ball State
2001–2002Minnesota
2002–presentMaryland
Head coaching record
Overall639–191 (.770)
Tournaments42–17 (NCAA Tournament)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Brenda Sue Frese (born April 30, 1970)[1] is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. Since 2002, she has served as the head coach of the University of Maryland women's basketball team. In her fourth year as head coach, she won the 2006 Women's National Championship. She won the 2009 ACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships – the women's first ACC Championship since 1989. She won another ACC Championship in 2012 and reached another Final Four in 2014. Maryland moved to the Big Ten for the 2014–15 season and Frese led the Terrapins to an undefeated 18–0 conference record and a Big Ten Regular Season Championship in their first year in the Big Ten. The Terrapins advanced to their second straight Final Four and third under Frese in 2015. She was voted AP National Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2021,[2] ACC Coach of the Year in 2013, Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2002, 2015, 2019, and 2021, and MAC Coach of the Year in 2000. At Maryland, she's coached four ACC Players of the Year and four ACC Freshmen of the Year.

  1. ^ a b "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Copeland, Kareem (March 31, 2021). "Maryland's Brenda Frese named AP national coach of the year". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 6, 2021.