Background
He was born in Pullman, Washington, where he attended high school at Pullman High School for two years before moving to Iowa and attending West High School in Iowa City, Iowa.
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He then attended junior college at Indian Hills Community College and Kirkwood Community College before transferring to the University of Northern Iowa.
Career
In 2014, he stopped playing professionally, when he became an assistant coach for Nebraska Cornhuskers. His heroics, which came two days after hitting the game-winning three point shot against University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the first round of the tournament, led to an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated. This has led to popular usage of the phrase, "What the Farokhmanesh?" Farokhmanesh is of mixed European and Iranian descent.
Mashallah married Ali"s mother, Cindy Fredrick, who has been the head coach for the women"s volleyball team at the University of Iowa since 2004.
Before moving to Iowa, Fredrick was the head coach of the Washington State University"s women"s volleyball team for 15 years, where she had a record of 278 wins and 192 losses. Cindy and Mashallah now both coach the University of Nevada, Las Vegas women"s volleyball team as head coach and assistant coach, respectively.
In 2014, Farokhmanesh married the former Mallory Husz. The couple also has a baby boy, Tai Alan.
After going undrafted in the 2010 National Basketball Association Draft, Farokhmanesh signed a deal to play for SAM Massagno Basket, an LNB Division A team based in Massagno, Switzerland.
In 2011, Farokhmanesh signed with the Austrian team WBC Raiffeisen Wels. His contract was renewed in June 2012. Farokhmanesh averaged 13.7 points per game in Austria.
On August 14, 2013 he signed with in the Netherlands.
In 2014, he stopped playing professionally, when he became an assistant coach for Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Achievements
Membership
He gained nationwide fame in the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Basketball Tournament as a member of the Northern Iowa Panthers men"s basketball team, when he hit a crucial 3-point shot that helped University upset top overall seed Kansas in the second round. His father, Mashallah, was born in Borujerd and was a member of the Iranian men"s national volleyball team, before immigrating to the United States in 1977, where he played for professional teams and eventually became a coach.
