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Brenda Frese
Brenda Sue Frese (born April 30, 1970) 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. She was voted AP National Coach of the Year in 2002, ACC Coach of the Year in 2013, Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2002, 2015, and 2019, 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.
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1970-04-30
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Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa
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foxbaltimore.com

Brenda Frese talks incoming transfers, 2022-23 season

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Brenda Frese has been doing the whole coaching thing for a long time, and she's one of the best in the business. In 2006, Frese led Maryland Women's Basketball to its first ever National Championship. She is a six-time conference coach of the year, holds a 592-169 overall record, and will be entering her 21st season with the Terps.
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Brenda Frese downplays high-profile transfers, restocks Maryland's roster

Brenda Frese says she wasn't surprised by the massive roster shake-up that happened this offseason. Within a week, Maryland lost its top two scorers and a top reserve to the transfer portal. The Terrapins certainly weren't the only program in the country with significant losses to the portal, but the loss of Angel Reese and Ashley Owusu stood out as two of the best players in the country.
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Maryland signs women's basketball coach Brenda Frese to contract extension through 2028-29 season

Maryland announced Tuesday that longtime women's basketball head coach Brenda Frese has received a contract extension through the 2028-29 season. Frese, the winningest coach in program history, just completed her 20th season at the helm in College Park, where she's led the Terps to 10 Sweet 16s, six Elite Eights, three Final Fours and the 2006 national title. She also boasts the best career winning percentage (.777) of all Big Ten men's and women's basketball head coaches.
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CBS Baltimore

Maryland Extends Brenda Frese Through 2028-29 Season

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — On the 20th anniversary of her arrival in College Park, Brenda Frese has agreed to a contract extension keeping her with the Maryland women’s basketball team through the 2028-29 season, the university said. Frese’s previous deal, signed last May, kept her on campus through 2027-28. The announcement comes after Frese guided the Terps to a 23-9 record this past season and their 10th Sweet Sixteen appearance during her two-decade tenure as coach. 20 years ago today, @BrendaFrese was hired as our head coach of this storied program… and rejuvenate it she has. 🐢🏆 pic.twitter.com/Oxl8ZLGHXR — Maryland Women’s Basketball (@TerpsWBB) April 2, 2022 Frese’s teams have...
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Laredo Morning Times

How Brenda Frese and Maryland turned pain into progress

Maryland Coach Brenda Frese is laughing at a question. Or maybe she's laughing at the memories that it brings up. She's on the phone in Spokane, Wash., Wednesday afternoon, taking a break after her No. 4-seeded Terrapins practiced in preparation for their Sweet 16 matchup against Stanford, the defending national champion. It's the same round in which her 2020-21 team - with its dynamic offense, Big Ten championship and all the expectations that come with being a top 10 team - fell to a lower-seeded opponent.
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