BRENDA FRESE Head Coach • Arizona ‘93 Sixth Year at Maryland (144-54, .727) Ninth Year Overall (201-84, .705)
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BIOS BRENDA FRESE HEAD COACH • ARIZONA ‘93 SIXTH YEAR AT MARYLAND (144-54, .727) NINTH YEAR OVERALL (201-84, .705) When Athletics Director Deborah A. Yow courted Brenda Frese for the position of head women’s basketball coach at the University of Maryland, she could not have written a FRESE’S DIVISION I YEAR-BY-YEAR better success story. The 2002 Associated Press Coach of the Year came to College COACHING RECORD Park looking to rebuild a program which was once one of the elite teams in the nation. Year Position, Institution Record Pct. Postseason Four seasons later, the Terrapins ascended to the top of the podium at the Final Four and 1994 Assistant Coach, Kent State 20-8 .714 hoisted the 2006 NCAA Championship trophy while leading the team to four-straight NCAA 1995 Assistant Coach, Kent State 17-10 .630 Tournament appearances in her five seasons. 1996 Assistant Coach, Iowa State 17-10 .630 1997 Assistant Coach, Iowa State 17-12 .586 NCAA First Round Described as dynamic, overachieving, determined and enthusiastic, the 37-year 1998 Assistant Coach, Iowa State 25-8 .758 NCAA Second Round old coach is one of college basketball’s rising stars. The fifth-youngest coach in NCAA 1999 Assistant Coach, Iowa State 25-8 .758 NCAA Elite Eight history to win a national title and only the ninth to win on her first trip to the Final Four, she has built the team’s success around recruiting, hard work and a positive atmosphere. The 2000 Head Coach, Ball State 16-13 .552 instant she arrived on campus, she hit the recruiting trails in an effort to reclaim the elite 2001 Head Coach, Ball State 19-9 .679 2002 Head Coach, Minnesota 22-8 .733 NCAA Second Round status Maryland once had in the 1980s. Success came quickly and early. Her first recruit- ing class of high school All-Americans Shay Doron and Kalika France was ranked No. 10. 2003 Head Coach, Maryland 10-18 .357 Since then, she has lured five-straight top-10 classes, the last four in the top five, including 2004 Head Coach, Maryland 18-13 .581 NCAA Second Round 2005 Head Coach, Maryland 22-10 .688 NCAA Second Round two classes ranked as high as No. 2 in 2004 and 2007. 2006 Head Coach, Maryland 34-4 .895 NCAA CHAMPIONS Frese’s recruiting classes have lived up to their billing and her pupils have 2007 Head Coach, Maryland 28-6 .824 NCAA Second Round earned numerous accolades which had elluded the Terrapins for over a decade. Crystal 2008 Head Coach, Maryland 32-3 .914 NCAA (Current) Langhorne was a two-time Associated Press (AP) and United States Basketball Writers Assocation (USBWA) All-American, the program’s first multiple All-American. She was Record at Maryland (6 yrs.) 144-54 .727 5 Appearances (11-3, .786) Head Coaching Record (9 yrs.) 201-84 .705 6 Appearances (12-4, .750) selected a WBCA All-American in 2007, the first since 1989. Frese’s players have earned Overall Coaching Record (15 yrs.) 463-140 .768 9 Appearances (16-7, .696) 12 All-ACC citations and twice were selected the ACC’s Rookie of the Year. Terps have also garnered national recognition under Frese, making history in the fall of 2006. For the first time ever, four players from the same team were selected preseason COACHING CREDENTIALS candidates for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) prestigious Wade • Associated Press National Coach of the Year (2002) Trophy when Doron, Coleman, Langhorne and Kristi Toliver were put on the Watch List. • Big Ten Coach of the Year (2002) All five starters were on the Wooden Award watch list, while three were candidates for the • MAC Coach of the Year (2000) Naismith Award. Frese has seen success on her three stops in seven seasons as a head coach. • NCAA Champions (2006) Making amazing turnarounds her calling card, she captured her 100th-career victory in • Two NCAA Elite Eight (1999, 2006) 2005 against Georgia Tech and boasts a 201-84 record (.705), recording seven winning • Two Sweet Sixteens (1999, 2006) seasons in all, while leading her teams to five NCAA Tournament appearances. Her • Nine NCAA Tournament Appearances Maryland squads have posted an 144-54 mark in six years (.727), advancing to at least (1997, ’98, ’99, ’02, ’04, ‘05, ‘07, ‘08) the second round of the tournament in each of the last four seasons and posting 20 wins • Two All-Americans the last three years, a feat which had not been accomplished since 1978-80. The Terps’ • Three Conference Players of the Year 34-win season in 2006 was a school record. ACC (2008); Big Ten (2002); MAAC (2000) In 2006-07, Frese’s squad spent 10-weeks at No. 1 and most of the season ranked • Four Conference Rookies of the Year in the top 10. It placed third in the ACC standings, the third time in her five seasons ACC (2005, 2006); Big Ten (2002); MAAC (2000) Maryland has placed among the top three in the league. The Terps also advanced to the • 16 All-ACC honorees semifinals of the ACC Tournament for the fourth-straight year. First team (5); Second team (6); Third team (3); Returning all five starters from the 2006 National Championship team, Maryland led Honorable Mention (4) the nation for the second-straight year in rebounding margin, outrebounding its foes +14.3 • Seven ACC All-Freshman Team honorees rpg. The Terps also led the nation in assists per game (18.3), while ranking second in scoring offense (82.6 ppg) for the second-straight year, and fourth in scoring margin (+21.3 • Four CoSIDA Academic All-Americans ppg). Two-time All-American Crystal Langhorne also led the country in field goal percent- • Five CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 Selections age for the second-straight year, making 70.7 percent of her shot attempts, breaking the • Five Academic All-ACC Honorees ACC and school record, while also threatening the NCAA mark. • 19 ACC Honor Roll Members During Frese’s tenure, the Terps have broken attendance records. In 2006-07, Maryland announced its first women’s basketball sellout in Comcast Center against North • No. 10 2002-03 Recruiting Class Carolina, then sold out for its home finale against Duke. The 17,950 in attendance set • No. 2 2003-04 Recruiting Class and tied the ACC record. The Terps had over 150,000 fans come through the turnstiles in • No. 4 2004-05 Recruiting Class Comcast Center, a school record. Its average home attendance of 9,533 over 16 games • No. 7 2005-06 Recruiting Class not only ranked sixth in the nation, but was also the single-season best improvement in • No. 2 2006-07 Recruiting Class average attendance from the previous season. • No. 10 2007-08 Recruiting Class Last year, Maryland boasted six attendances of over 10,000 and claimed eight of the top 10 best attendances in ACC history, seven coming during Frese’s tenure. PLAYER BIOS 1 • CRYSTAL LANGHORNE SR. • 6-2 • CENTER/FORWARD WILLINGBORO, N.J./WILLINGBORO NOTEWORTHY 2007-08 GAME-BY-GAME w Became only the second Maryland basketball player, men’s or women’s, to surpass Opponent Date GS Min FG 3FG FT O/D Tot PF A TO B S Pts. Princeton 11/9 INJURED the 2,200-point mark against Nebraska, joining former men’s great Juan Dixon. #6/6 Oklahoma 11/11 * 26 1-7 0-0 0-0 1/3 4 1 2 3 0 0 2 w Scored 2,000th-career point against Miami, the first player in program history to Delaware 11/13 INJURED reach that milestone. Now seventh on ACC’s all-time scoring list and also the ACC’s #23/25 Notre Dame 11/16 INJURED #4/4 LSU 11/18 INJURED seventh all-time leading rebounder. Loyola 11/20 INJURED w Voted the ACC’s Player of the Year, only the second in program history. at UC Santa Barbara 11/23 INJURED w First-Team All-ACC for the third-straight season, one of only 10 players in league at UCLA 11/25 26 6-9 0-0 0-2 1/3 4 3 0 7 0 1 12 Pittsburgh 11/27 * 27 6-8 0-0 3-4 4/9 13 2 5 5 1 0 15 history to make the first team three times. Maryland’s first-ever four-time All-ACC pick. #19/17 Ohio State 11/30 * 31 8-12 0-0 1-2 3/3 6 1 1 1 0 1 17 w Finalist for State Farm/WBCA All-American honors. at #4/6 Rutgers 12/3 * 37 4-7 0-0 3-4 2/5 7 3 1 4 0 0 11 w Became first women’s player at Maryland to have her jersey honored while still an Middle Tennessee St. 12/5 * 36 7-8 0-0 0-1 3/2 5 1 1 2 1 1 14 Northern Iowa 12/7 * 22 7-10 0-0 0-1 3/5 8 0 4 2 1 0 14 active player in a ceremony after the Florida State win. Temple 12/9 * 35 5-9 0-0 4-4 2/4 6 1 1 4 2 0 14 w Named CoSIDA Academic All-American for second time in her career this year. at James Madison 12/20 * 38 3-4 0-0 5-10 2/9 11 1 0 5 0 0 11 w Only men’s or women’s basketball player in school history with 2,000 points and Richmond 12/29 * 25 6-9 0-0 3-5 4/11 15 1 3 1 0 1 15 UMBC 12/30 * 21 5-8 0-0 4-6 6/4 10 1 2 1 0 2 14 1,000 rebounds.