| Scott Friedholm | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | UNC Asheville |
| Current Conference: | Big South |
| Current Record: | 180–304–1 |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Norwood, Massachusetts |
| Player Years1: | 1995–1998 |
| Player Team1: | Providence |
| Player Years2: | 1998 |
| Player Team2: | St. Petersburg Devil Rays |
| Player Positions: | Catcher |
| Coach Years1: | 1999–2001 |
| Coach Team1: | Bryant (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2002–2005 |
| Coach Team2: | Maine (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 2006–2010 |
| Coach Team3: | Navy (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2011–2014 |
| Coach Team4: | Boston College (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2015–present |
| Coach Team5: | UNC Asheville |
| Overall Record: | 180–304–1 |
| Tournament Record: | Big South: 3–4 NCAA: 0–0 |
Scott A. Friedholm (born March 14, 1975) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. Friedholm is the head coach of the UNC Asheville Bulldogs baseball team.
Friedholm attended Walpole High School in Walpole, Massachusetts.[1] Friedholm played for the school's varsity baseball team. Friedholm then enrolled at Providence College, to play college baseball for the Providence Friars baseball team.
As a freshman at Providence College in 1995, Friedholm was a member of the Friars team that won a school record 44 games and winning the Big East Conference. In 1996, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was a league all-star and helped lead the team to the league title.[2] [3]
As a sophomore in 1997, Friedholm had a .381 batting average, a .471 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .636 SLG.
In the 1998 season as a junior, Friedholm batted .352 with a .525 SLG, 3 home run, and 30 RBIs. He was named First Team All-Big East.
During his senior season, he hit 13 home runs, 21 doubles, 3 triples and 66 RBIs. He was named First Team All-Big East.[4]
Friedholm began his professional career with the St. Petersburg Devil Rays of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he batted .200 with one RBI.
Friedholm began his coaching career in 1999 as a pitching coach for the Bryant Bulldogs baseball program. In 2002, Friedholm left Bryant to join the coaching staff of the Maine Black Bears to serve under Paul Kostacopoulos, whom recruited Friedholm at Providence. On August 30, 2005, he followed Kostacopoulos to work for the Navy Midshipmen baseball program.[5] On July 28, 2010, he joined Mike Gambino's coaching staff at Boston College.[6]
On June 18, 2014, Friedholm was the head coach of the UNC Asheville Bulldogs baseball program.[7] Friedholm led the Bulldogs to a 21–34 record in his first season.[8] In 2017, he led the Bulldogs to the first berth in the Big South Conference baseball tournament since 2012.[9]