Bill Frieder

Frieder (right) with Johnny Orr, 1976

Bill Frieder (born March 3, 1942) is a former basketball coach at the University of Michigan (1981–1989) and Arizona State University (1989–1997). Frieder's 1985-86 team was the last Michigan team to win a Big Ten Championship. 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 (Fisher was not planning on leaving) 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 regular season to Frieder and the NCAA tournament to Fisher.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Michigan (Big Ten Conference) (1980–1989)
1980-1981	Michigan	19-11	8-10	7th	NIT Quarterfinals
1981-1982	Michigan	7-20	7-11	T-7th
1982-1983	Michigan	15-13	7-11	9th
1983-1984	Michigan	23-10	11-7	4th	NIT Champion
1984-1985	Michigan	26-4	16-2	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1985-1986	Michigan	28-5	14-4	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1986-1987	Michigan	20-12	10-8	5th	NCAA 2nd Round
1987-1988	Michigan	26-8	13-5	2nd	NCAA Sweet 16
1988-1989	Michigan	24-7	12-6	3rd	see note below
Michigan:		188-90	102-64
Arizona State (Pacific Ten Conference) (1989–1997)
1989-1990	Arizona State	15-16	6-12	T-7th	NIT 1st Round
1990-1991	Arizona State	20-10	10-8	T-3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
1991-1992	Arizona State	19-14	9-9	T-5th	NIT 2nd Round
1992-1993	Arizona State	18-10	11-7	T-3rd	NIT 1st Round
1993-1994	Arizona State	15-13	10-8	T-4th	NIT 1st Round
1994-1995	Arizona State	24-9	12-6	3rd	NCAA Sweet 16
1995-1996	Arizona State	11-16	6-12	8th
1996-1997	Arizona State	10-20	2-16	10th
Arizona State:		132-108	66-78
Total:		320-198
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

Frieder was fired prior to coaching in the 1989 NCAA Tournament

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." 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)