Education
University of Michigan. Ross School of Business.
University of Michigan. Ross School of Business.
Just before the 1989 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, Frieder announced that he would leave Michigan for Arizona State at the end of the season. Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler ordered Frieder to leave immediately, and named top assistant Steve Fisher as the interim coach for the tournament. Michigan credits the 1988-1989 team"s regular season to Frieder and the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament to Fisher.
Frieder resigned from Arizona State in 1997 following a point-shaving scandal which affected the program in 1994.
Source
Frieder is a graduate of the University of Michigan"s Ross School of Business. During the 1990s, Frieder and Lute Olson, then coach of the Arizona Wildcats, participated in a series of television commercials together for Bank One.
Frieder"s 1985-1986 team was the last Michigan team to win a Big Ten Championship until the 2011-2012 team Schembechler famously announced, "A Michigan man will coach Michigan, not an Arizona State manitoba" The Wolverines went on to win the tournament and Fisher was officially given the head coaching job.
