Beilein passes Frieder for second at U-M in wins

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Good, promising win tonight and Beilein continues to move up the career ladder here

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November 18th, 2016 at 12:05 AM ^

# Head Coach Record Career
1. Johnny Orr 209-113 1968-69 - 1979-80
2. John Beilein 192-123 2007-08 - present
3. Bill Frieder 191-87 1980-81 - 1988-89
4. Steve Fisher 184-82* 1989 - 1996-97
5. Dave Strack 113-89 1960-61 - 1967-68
6. Tommy Amaker 109-83 2001-02 - 2006-07
7. E.J. Mather 108-53 1919-20 - 1927-28
8. Bennie Oosterbaan 81-72 1938-39 - 1945-46
9. Bill Perigo 78-100 1952-53 - 1959-60
  Cappy Cappon 78-57 1931-32 - 1937-38
11. Brian Ellerbe 62-60* 1997-98 - 2000-01
12. Ernie McCoy 40-47 1948-49 - 1951-52
13. George Veenker 35-12 1928-29 - 1930-31
14. Ozzie Cowles 28-14 1946-47 - 1947-48
15. Elmer Mitchell 22-20 1917-18 - 1918-19
16. George Corneal 1-4 1907-08

 

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goblue16

November 18th, 2016 at 12:11 AM ^

Thank You John Beilein. You have earned the right to retire when you choose to. Arguably the greatest coach in Michigan basketball history due to his record and most importantly his LOYALTY. Beat SMU! 

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KTisClutch

November 18th, 2016 at 1:52 PM ^

But basketball recruting and football recruting are also totally different animals. If you aren't getting the top 30 or so players, theres not a huge dropoff between 30-120 in  a lot of cases. At that point it becomes a lot about fit and being able to develop players.

 

Beilein is a great developer of talent and has been great at finding good fits for the program minus a couple misses. Nik and Trey were borderline top 100s. THJ was around 150. GRIII was nowhere near top 100 until after he had committed to us. Caris was obviously under the radar. Chatman was one of Beilein's best recruits and he was an unfortunate miss.

 

 

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lilpenny1316

November 18th, 2016 at 12:55 AM ^

Appreciate his work, but haven't we only made it past the opening weekend twice with Beilein? And he only has two conference titles.  I wish him all the best, but I don't see other programs or NBA teams banging down the door trying to hire him away from us.

I am grateful to him because the program is respected on and off the court.  Couldn't say that for a very long time.

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AFWolverine

November 18th, 2016 at 1:46 AM ^

I think at a school traditionally known for football, his level of success absolutely permits his "right to retire." He's taken us deep twice, to the tournament several other times, and won a slew of games against rivals that we couldn't have touched previously. All while running what appears to be a squeaky clean program. He's not quite legend status, but he's among the greatest at Michigan, and not just for his record.



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jmblue

November 18th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^

Let's not forget that when Beilein arrived, we hadn't made the tournament at all in nine years. There were those who thought Amaker deserved a seventh season because we'd almost made it in under him.  That's where our program was.  When we did finally make the tournament, in 2009, that was a huge deal - I remember the wild celebration in Crisler when it happened.  Ditto for 2011 when we made the big midseason turnaround.

 Beilein has elevated the program's status to where tournament bids are an annual expectation, and we now want Sweet 16 appearances.  That's fine.  But we shouldn't retroactively criticize his record in those first few years, when he was building the program and we just wanted to make the field of 68.  The Michigan program of 2009 was not the Michigan program of 2016.

 

 

 

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Winchester Wolverine

November 18th, 2016 at 12:12 AM ^

Say what you will about Beilein, the man has done some great things for this program. I hope that tonight proves that great things are in store this season. I also hope that recruiting improves and wins continue to rack up so that he can eventually retire here. Hopefully with a few national championships in his back pocket.

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BoFan

November 18th, 2016 at 1:10 AM ^

I was managing a frat house when two Iowa state students arrived with a semi to move Orr's stuff. We took them out on the town and showed them a good time. But it's amazing how cheep things were back then. Michigans AD certainly was. But Orr and Frieder did nothing after leaving. So they also undervalued the Michigan brand.

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SpaceDad

November 18th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^

Frieder did nothing. True. But Orr has more wins than any other coach in Iowa State history. More importantly, he led the Cyclones to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 40 years and five total. Orr is loved in Ames Iowa. The court at Hilton Coliseum is named after him.

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jmblue

November 18th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^

Orr seems to have left simply for more money, but  Frieder's departure had a lot to do with the tense relationship he had with Bo.  Bo was concered - correctly - that Frieder was letting shady characters hang around the program.  

The million-dollar question is whether the basketball program could have avoided the Ed Martin mess if Bo had remained AD.  (He was AD only from 1988-90.)

 

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BuckNekked

November 18th, 2016 at 5:55 AM ^

Those that want to coronate Beilein king of Michigan basketball and give him carte blanche are just as out of touch as those that want to run him out of town. Hes a decent coach with reasonable success but he does have his flaws and blindspots.

 

Congradulations coach. May your success here continue to grow.

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doggdetroit

November 18th, 2016 at 11:40 AM ^

This speaks more to his longetivity as Michigan's coach. Much more relevant is his winning percentage, which is 7th all time.

1) George Veenker: 1928-1931, 35-12 (.745)
2) Steve Fisher: 1989-1997, 184-82 (.692)
3) Bill Frieder: 1980-1989, 191-87 (.687) 
4) E.J. Mather: 1919-1928, 108-53 (.671)
5) Osborne Cowles: 1946-1948, 28-14 (.667)
6) Johnny Orr: 1968-1980, 120-72 (.625)
7) John Beilein: 2007-present, 192-123 (.610)
8) Frank Cappon: 1931-1938, 78-57 (.578)
9) Tommy Amaker: 2001-2007, 109-83 (.568)
10) Dave Strack: 1960-1968, 113-89 (.559)

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