Game Changers: Incredible Stories of Resilience in Sports
The Game Changers Podcast includes conversations with athletes and coaches exploring the triumphs and tribulations in sports. We uncover the untold stories of glory and defeat and how it defined our guests' journeys. From overcoming setbacks to achieving extraordinary feats, each show will bring the listener inspiring tales of resilience that extends beyond the scoreboard.
Whether it's a comeback from injury, a stunning victory or the lessons learned in defeat, Game Changers is your front row seat to the indomitable human spirit in the arena of sports and performance.
Game Changers: Incredible Stories of Resilience in Sports
Maryland Basketball Coach Brenda Frese - Episode 30
Brenda Frese is a legendary basketball coach at the University of Maryland where she has been coaching since 2002. Frese led her to team to win the National Championship in 2006 beating Duke in over-time at the Boston Garden. She was voted AP National Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2021, ACC Coach of the Year in 2013, Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2002, 2015, 2019, and 2021, 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.
As a player, she was an Honorable Mention All-American and Iowa state champion (playing with her sister) in 1988.
Her coaching career officially started as an assistant at Kent State and Iowa State and then as head coach at Ball State where in her very first game as a head coach, she led Ball State to an upset win over Minnesota. Less than two years later, Minnesota hired Frese as their new head coach. During her 2001–02 season at Minnesota, she led a one-year turnaround of 8–20 to 22–8, one of the biggest in NCAA history.
Listen in as she talks about her incredible journey and what it takes to stay in the game and find joy after all these years.
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