Brenda Frese
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"Brenda Frese" is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. Since 2002, she has served as the head coach of the University of Maryland, College Park/University of Maryland women's basketball team. In her fourth year as head coach, she won the 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament/2006 Women's National Championship, and in her 2008-2009 season she won the ACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships - the women's first ACC Championship since 1989. She then won the ACC Championship title again, four years later in her 2011-2012 season. She was voted AP National Coach of the Year in 2002, ACC Coach of the Year in 2012-13, Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2002 and MAC Coach of the Year in 2000. At Maryland, she's coached four ACC Players of the Year and four ACC Freshmen of the Year.

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I'm really proud of this team. It's tremendous to see the depth and unselfishness. I really feel like in December we've gained a lot as a team. A year ago, we wouldn't have had these convincing wins.

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Her vision and my vision met. Our goals were one and the same. To have that kind of support from your athletic director and your president, the full package is a dream come true for a young coach.

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Obviously it was a difficult decision after having a tremendous year.

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That's what was working. It was, 'Who could stop who?' We wanted to turn them into a jump-shooting team.

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This is the first time this season we executed the game plan perfectly all 40 minutes.

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They executed the game plan to perfection. They were hungry. They wanted to win. They defended and rebounded better. It's just amazing to see that we beat the defending national champions.

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We really challenged them in terms of our communication and our focus. We reduced our turnovers in this game, but I think we still need to be a little bit more efficient in what we're doing.

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They have the heart of a lion. They believe in each other ... I'm really proud of them. All season long this team has played with a chip on their shoulder. They've got a lot of believers tonight after the performance they put on.

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She brought it. She knew we had to have that kind of leadership, and she led us into the Elite Eight.

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