Fred Chmiel Explained

Fred Chmiel
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Bowling Green
Current Conference:MAC
Current Record:16–15 †
Alma Mater:Excelsior College
Coach Years1:1994–1995
Coach Team1:Feather River College (men's asst.)
Coach Years2:1995–1999
Coach Team2:Feather River College (men's HC)
Coach Years3:1999–2005
Coach Team3:Lassen College (men's HC)
Coach Years4:2005
Coach Team4:Charlotte Sting (asst.)
Coach Years5:2006
Coach Team5:San Jose Spiders
Coach Years6:2006–2008
Coach Team6:Temple (asst.)
Coach Years7:2008–2010
Coach Team7:San Diego State (asst.)
Coach Years8:2010–2014
Coach Team8:Penn State (asst.)
Coach Years9:2014–2015
Coach Team9:Minnesota (asst.)
Coach Years10:2015–2023
Coach Team10:South Carolina (asst.)
Coach Years11:2023–present
Coach Team11:Bowling Green
Overall Record:16–15 †

Fredrick Joe Chmiel is an American women's basketball coach. He is currently the women's basketball head coach at the Bowling Green State University.[1] He previously served as the head coach at Feather River College, Lassen College and the San Jose Spiders of the NWBL. He also was an assistant coach in the WNBA and at several NCAA Division I universities including the University of South Carolina where he was part of two national championship teams.[2]

Early life and education

Chmiel played basketball at Feather River College in California where he was All-Golden Valley Conference first-team. He also attended the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He earned a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Excelsior College and a master's degree in athletics administration from Concordia University.[3] [4] [5]

Coaching career

Chmiel began is coaching career as an assistant coach of the women's basketball team at Feather River College in 1994 and took over as the head coach the following year where he stayed for four seasons. In 1999 he took over as the head coach at Lassen College where he won three Golden Valley Conference championships.[6]

In 2005 he was an assistant with the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA where he coached future Hall of Famer Dawn Staley. He was also a WNBA scout with the Indiana Fever and Detroit Shock.[7] In 2006 he was the head coach of the NWBL's San Jose Spiders.[4]

He accepted his first Division I assistant coach position under Dawn Staley from 2006 through 2008 when she was the head coach at Temple.[8] He held an assistant coach position for two seasons at San Diego State, four seasons at Penn State, and one season at Minnesota before reuniting with Staley as one of her assistants at South Carolina in 2015.[4] [3] [9] During his eight years with the Gamecocks they won two national titles and advanced to the final four in each of his final three seasons.[10] He helped coach A'ja Wilson and Aliyah Boston to National Player of the Year awards.[11]

Bowling Green

On April 8, 2023, he was named as the 10th head coach women's basketball head coach at Bowling Green.[12]

Head coaching record

College

Coaching record does not include his collegiate men's basketball coaching record at Feather River College and Lassen College because it is unknown to the author.

Personal life

He and his wife, Julie, have two daughters named Skylar and Ivy.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fred Chmiel Named BGSU Women’s Basketball Head Coach. Bowling Green Athletics. April 8, 2023. April 8, 2023. en.
  2. Web site: Gamecocks women's hoops lose valuable assistant coach. 247Sports. John. Whittle. April 8, 2023. April 8, 2023. en.
  3. Web site: Fred Chmiel. 2023-04-08. University of South Carolina Athletics. en.
  4. Web site: Bowling Green hires new women's basketball coach. 2023-04-09. WTOL. en.
  5. Web site: Bowling Green hires South Carolina assistant Chmiel as women's basketball coach. 2023-04-09. Toledo Blade. en.
  6. Web site: Chmiel hired as new BGSU womens basketball coach. Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune. April 9, 2023. April 8, 2023. en.
  7. Web site: Bowling Green names Chmiel as Women’s Basketball Head Coach. Whoopdirt. April 8, 2023. April 9, 2023. en.
  8. Web site: BGSU announces new head coach for women’s basketball. Sports Illustrated. Andrew. Lyon. April 8, 2023. April 8, 2023. en.
  9. Web site: Fred Chmiel, longtime South Carolina assistant for Dawn Staley, lands head coach job. The State. April 9, 2023. April 8, 2023. Dwayne. McLemore. en.
  10. Web site: Gamecocks assistant named head coach at Bowling Green. FOX Carolina. Beth. Hoole. April 8, 2023. April 8, 2023. en.
  11. Web site: Falcons Name Fred Chmiel Head Women's Basketball Coach. Mid-American Conference. April 8, 2023. April 8, 2023. en.
  12. Web site: BGSU announces new head coach for women’s basketball. WTVG. Nia. Lambdin. April 8, 2023. April 8, 2023. en.