Robyn Fralick | |
Current Title: | Head Coach |
Current Team: | Michigan State |
Current Conference: | Big Ten |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1982 |
Birth Place: | Okemos, Michigan |
Alma Mater: | Davidson College |
Player Years1: | 2000–2004 |
Player Team1: | Davidson |
Coach Years1: | 2004–2005 |
Coach Team1: | Appalachian State (asst.) |
Admin Years1: | 2005–2007 |
Admin Team1: | Western Michigan (Dir. of Operations) |
Coach Years2: | 2007–2008 |
Coach Team2: | Toledo (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 2008–2015 |
Coach Team3: | Ashland (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 2015–2018 |
Coach Team4: | Ashland |
Coach Years5: | 2018–2023 |
Coach Team5: | Bowling Green |
Coach Years6: | 2023–present |
Coach Team6: | Michigan State |
Tournament Record: | NCAA Division II: MAC Tournament: WNIT: WBI: |
Championships: | NCAA Division II National Championship (2017) 3× GLIAC tournament championship (2016–2018) 3× GLIAC Regular Season Championship (2016–2018) 3× GLIAC South Division Championship (2016–2018) MAC Regular Season Championship (2021) |
Awards: | C. Vivian Stringer Coaching Award (2018) WBCA Coach of the Year (2017, 2018) 3× GLIAC Coach of the Year (2016, 2017, 2018) NCAA Division II Basketball Bulletin Coach of the Year (2017) Columbus Dispatch Coach of the Year (2016, 2017) MAC Coach of the Year (2021) |
Robyn Fralick (born January 29, 1982) is an American women's basketball coach who is the current head coach at Michigan State University.[1] She previously coached at Ashland and Bowling Green universities and was director of operations at Western Michigan.
Source[2]
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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2000–01 | Davidson | 28 | 143 | 32.4% | 18.8% | 75.4% | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.1 | |
2001–02 | Davidson | 28 | 169 | 37.3% | 40.7% | 76.9% | 4.1 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 6.0 | |
2002–03 | Davidson | 30 | 232 | 38.6% | 22.2% | 75.9% | 4.1 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 7.7 | |
2003–04 | Davidson | 28 | 132 | 32.0% | 27.6% | 74.4% | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 4.7 | |
Career | 114 | 676 | 35.7% | 27.4% | 75.5% | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 5.9 |
At Ashland, Fralick was 104–3 overall as a head coach, winning the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship and reaching the title game the following year, as well.[3]
On April 3, 2018, Fralick was named head coach of the Bowling Green Women's Basketball program.[4]
After a slow first 2 years working to rebuild the Falcon program, Fralick led the Falcons to their first MAC Championship Game appearance since 2011, losing a hotly contested battle in Cleveland with Central Michigan, 77–72. For her efforts, Fralick was named the MAC Coach of the Year for the 2020–21 season.[5]
In 2022–23, Fralick’s Falcons finished 31–7, winning 9 games against opponents with 20+ wins on the year throughout the season. In the postseason, BGSU advanced to the first WNIT Fab 4 in school history, defeating Liberty, Green Bay, Memphis, and Florida along the way before falling in the semifinals.
On March 31, 2023, Fralick was hired as the next head coach of the Michigan State women’s basketball program, returning her to Mid-Michigan, where she grew up.[6] [7] [8]
Fralick is married to her husband Tim, they have a son, William, and a daughter, Clara. Tim served as a volunteer assistant coach during her three years at Ashland.[9]
Through March 22, 2024