Ed Biedenbach

Eddie Biedenbach
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UNC–Asheville
Biographical details
Born	August 12, 1945 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Playing career
1965–1968	NC State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970–1978 1978–1981 1981–1989 1993–1996 1996–present	NC State (asst.) Davidson Georgia (asst.) NC State (asst.) UNC–Asheville
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Big South Tournament Championship (2003, 2011) Big South Regular Season Championship (1997, 1998, 2008) SoCon Regular Season Championship (1981)
Awards 2008 Big South Coach of Year

Edward Joseph "Ed" Biedenbach (born August 12, 1945) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He has led Asheville to three NCAA tournament appearances. In 2003, they lost to Texas in the first round. In 2011, they beat Arkansas-Little Rock in the first round before losing to Pittsburgh in the second round. In 2012, UNC-Asheville clinched its third NCAA bid (all under Biedenbach) by defeating VMI 80-64 in the Big South Championship game. Biedenbach gave current Texas head coach Rick Barnes his first coaching job when he hired him as an assistant at Davidson.

He played collegiately for the North Carolina State University and was selected First Team All-ACC twice.

He was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 9th round (106th pick overall) of the 1967 NBA Draft and by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 4th round (45th pick overall) of the 1968 NBA Draft.

He played for the Phoenix Suns (1968–69) in the NBA for 7 games.

He was an assistant coach for the 1973–74 NC State basketball team which won the NCAA championship.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Davidson (Southern Conference) (1978–1981)
1978–1979	Davidson	8–19	3–7
1979–1980	Davidson	8–18	4–11
1980–1981	Davidson	13–14	11–5	1st
Davidson:		29–51	18–23
UNCA Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (1996–Present)
1996–1997	UNC–Asheville	18–10	11–3	1st
1997–1998	UNC–Asheville	19–9	11–1	1st
1998–1999	UNC–Asheville	11–18	8–6	3rd
1999–2000	UNC–Asheville	11–19	7–7	T–3rd
2000–2001	UNC–Asheville	15–13	9–5	3rd
2001–2002	UNC–Asheville	13–15	10–4	T–1st
2002–2003	UNC–Asheville	15–17	8–8	5th	NCAA Tourney 1st Rd
2003–2004	UNC–Asheville	9–20	6–10	7th
2004–2005	UNC–Asheville	11–17	8–8	3rd
2005–2006	UNC–Asheville	9–19	6–10	7th
2006–2007	UNC–Asheville	12–19	6–8	5th
2007–2008	UNC–Asheville	23–10	10–4	T–1st	NIT First Round
2008–2009	UNC–Asheville	15-16	10–8	4th
2009–2010	UNC–Asheville	15-16	11-7	4th
2010–2011	UNC–Asheville	20-14	11-7	3rd	NCAA Tourney 2nd Rd
2011–2012	UNC–Asheville	24-9	16-2	1st
UNC–Asheville:		240-242	148-98
Total:
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Ed Biedenbach NBA Playing at Basketball-Reference.com