Sport(s) Women's basketball Record 36–82 Position(s) Guard Annual salary 117,000 USD | Title Head coach 1990–1994 Rice 1999–2001 Ball State (asst.) Siblings Brenda Frese | |
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Born March 2, 1972 (age 45)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa ( 1972-03-02 ) Conference Western Athletic Conference Team UMKC Kangaroos women's basketball | ||
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Marsha Kay Frese-Elliott (born March 2, 1972) is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's basketball coach at UMKC.
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Playing career
Frese played basketball at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was the leading scorer in the state in both 1989 and 1990. In 1988 she helped lead the team to the Iowa state title. Based on her accomplishments she was named Miss Iowa basketball in 1990 by USA Today and the Gatorade Circle of Champions.
She then went on to Rice University where she played basketball all four years. Frese set the Rice school record for the best three point field-goal percentage in a season and ranked sixth in history and three-pointers made. She graduated in 1995 with a bachelor of arts degree in communication.
Broadcast career
After graduation, Frese was the first female sports anchor for KALB-TV in Alexandria Louisiana. She also worked as a color commentator for the radio broadcasts of Rice University and Louisiana College.
Coaching career
Frese started her career as an assistant coach at Ball State where her sister Brenda Frese was the head coach. She served in that position for two seasons, from 1999 through 2001. When Brenda (at the time Brenda Oldfield) was named head coach of Minnesota, Marsha joined the staff as an assistant coach. Her emphasis was on recruiting, and she helped attract the 15th best recruiting class in the country. On the court, the Gophers posted the biggest turnaround in the nation following 8–20 record with a 22–8 record improving their wins by 14.
Brenda then accepted the head coaching position at Maryland and Marsha joined her for the initial season 2002–03. Marsha again concentrated on recruiting and help Maryland sign one of the best recruiting classes in the country which would go on to win the national championship. After one year at Maryland, Marsha chose to go to Illinois to be an assistant coach for Hall of Fame coach Theresa Grentz. After four years at Illinois, to as an assistant coach and to as the associate head coach, Marsha returned to Ball State as an assistant coach. The head coach of Ball State, Tracy Roller had been an assistant on the Ball State staff when Marsha last work there.
Marsha spent a year as an assistant at Ball State and then left coaching for two years, working as a financial advisor while raising her family. Then she became the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for Northern Illinois University under Kathi Bennett, the head coach. She stayed in that position for two years before accepting the head coaching job at UMKC.