Ed Biedenbach
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| Eddie Biedenbach | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | UNC-Asheville | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | August 12, 1945 | |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| Big South Tournament Championship (2003) Big South Regular Season Championship (1997, 1998, 2008) SoCon Regular Season Championship (1981) |
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| Awards | ||
| 2008 Big South Coach of Year | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1965–1968 | NC State | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1970–1978 1978–1981 1981–1989 1993–1996 1996–present |
NC State (asst.) Davidson Georgia (asst.) NC State (asst.) UNC-Asheville |
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Edward Joseph "Ed" Biedenbach (born August 12, 1945) is a retired American basketball player. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He led them to their only NCAA tournament appearance in 2003, where they lost to Texas in the first round. Biedenbach gave current Texas head coach Rick Barnes his first coaching job when he hired him as an assistant at Davidson.
He played collegiately for the North Carolina State University.
He was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 9th round (106th pick overall) of the 1967 NBA Draft and by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 4th round (45th pick overall) of the 1968 NBA Draft.
He played for the Phoenix Suns (1968-69) in the NBA for 7 games.
FAVORITE QUOTES
"Let's turn this thing around men." "Ahhh.. but coach I'll do it when the popcorn is popping!" "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail."
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Davidson (Southern Conference) (1978 — 1981) | |||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Davidson | 8-19 | 3-7 | ||||||
| 1979–1980 | Davidson | 8-18 | 4-11 | ||||||
| 1980–1981 | Davidson | 13-14 | 11-5 | 1st | |||||
| Davidson: | 29-51 | 18-23 | |||||||
| UNCA Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (1996 — Present) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | UNC-Asheville | 18-10 | 11-3 | 1st | |||||
| 1997–1998 | UNC-Asheville | 19-9 | 11-1 | 1st | |||||
| 1998–1999 | UNC-Asheville | 11-18 | 8-6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1999–2000 | UNC-Asheville | 11-19 | 7-7 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2000–2001 | UNC-Asheville | 15-13 | 9-5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2001–2002 | UNC-Asheville | 13-15 | 10-4 | T-1st | |||||
| 2002–2003 | UNC-Asheville | 15-17 | 8-8 | 5th | NCAA Tourney 1st Rd | ||||
| 2003–2004 | UNC-Asheville | 9-20 | 6-10 | 7th | |||||
| 2004–2005 | UNC-Asheville | 11-17 | 8-8 | 3rd | |||||
| 2005–2006 | UNC-Asheville | 9-19 | 6-10 | 7th | |||||
| 2006–2007 | UNC-Asheville | 12-19 | 6-8 | 5th | |||||
| 2007–2008 | UNC-Asheville | 23-10 | 10-4 | T-1st | NIT First Round | ||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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[edit] External links
- Ed Biedenbach NBA Playing Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
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