Bill Frieder is one of the lead analysts on Dial Global’s coverage of NCAA Basketball. After winning two straight state championships at Flint Northern High School in Flint, Michigan, Bill returned to his alma mater in 1973. Frieder became the head coach at Michigan in 1980 and led the Wolverines to a 191-87 record during his tenure (1980-1989). After winning Michigan’s first ever NIT championship in 1984, the Wolverines won 33 consecutive regular season games on the way to two straight Big Ten championships in 1985 and 1986. For that he was named Coach of the Year by both the Associated Press and Basketball Weekly.
Frieder ended his coaching career at Arizona State (1989 -1997). In 1995, he led the Sun Devils to their only Sweet 16 appearance of the last 40 years.
Bill Frieder's Posts
04/12/2013
What do Gregg Marshall, Brad Stevens, Tommy Amaker, Billy Gillespie, John Beilein, Mike Rice and the late Rick Majerus have in common? Scroll down to the end...
What a great Final Four it was. My...
04/02/2013
Well, it's finally on to the Final Four in Atlanta. Two from the Big East, one Big Ten team and Wichita State out of the Missouri Valley make up the field. In my opinion, Wichita wasn't a surprise in...
03/30/2013
LOS ANGELES, CA – Their nickname has offered an apt description of their NCAA Tournament run, but perhaps it's time to pay Wichita State their highest compliment yet. They're going to the Final...
03/30/2013
LOS ANGELES - Way out west, it'll be two teams from the middle of the country taking the court with a spot in the Final Four on the line Saturday at the Staples Center.
Second-seeded Ohio St. will...
03/29/2013
LOS ANGELES, CA – Ohio State seems to be developing a knack for last-second, game-winning three-pointers in the NCAA Tournament.
On the heels of Aaron Craft's three-pointer to sink Iowa State...
03/29/2013
LOS ANGELES, CA – With all the attention lavished upon Florida Gulf Coast University, 13th-seeded La Salle was hoping to keep flying under the radar as a Tournament Cinderella, and quietly keep...
03/28/2013
LOS ANGELES - The spotlight in Los Angeles Thursday will shine on some unfamiliar faces... and a few that know all about making the Sweet 16.
In the opening game from Staples Center, it’ll be...
03/27/2013
LOS ANGELES - Arizona was a common Final Four pick early in the season, but after struggling at times during the regular season and falling to UCLA in Pac-12 Tournament semifinals, the Wildcats...
03/26/2013
So there's a 15 in the 16 (the Sweet 16, that is) as Florida Gulf Coast pulled off the biggest surprise in dominating both Georgetown and San Diego St. to advance. It was the seventh time a 15 beat a...
03/24/2013
SAN JOSE, CA – Tournament teams beware: Syracuse's vaunted 2-3 zone is clicking on all cylinders, and suddenly the Orange look poised to make a very deep run into March Madness.
C.J. Fair led a...
