Eddie Biedenbach

Eddie Biedenbach
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Assistant coach
Team	UNC Wilmington
Biographical details
Born	August 12, 1945 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1965–1968	NC State
1968	Phoenix Suns
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970–1978	NC State (asst.)
1978–1981	Davidson
1981–1989	Georgia (asst.)
1993–1996	NC State (asst.)
1996–2013	UNC Asheville
2013–present	UNC Wilmington (asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big South Tournament Championship (2003, 2011, 2012) Big South Regular Season Championship (1997, 1998, 2008, 2012) SoCon Regular Season Championship (1981)
Awards
2008 Big South Coach of Year

Edward Joseph "Eddie/Ed" Biedenbach (born August 12, 1945) is an American college basketball coach and current assistant coach at UNC Wilmington.^[1]

He is the former men's basketball coach at Davidson College and the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He led Asheville to three NCAA tournament appearances. In 2003, they lost to Texas in the first round. In 2011, they beat Arkansas-Little Rock in the First Four before losing to Pittsburgh in the Round of 64. In 2012, UNC-Asheville clinched its third NCAA bid (all under Biedenbach) by defeating VMI 80–64 in the Big South Championship game. They were defeated by Syracuse in the Round of 64. Biedenbach gave current Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes his first coaching job when he hired him as an assistant at Davidson.

He played collegiately for the North Carolina State University and was selected First Team All-ACC twice.

He was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 9th round (106th pick overall) of the 1967 NBA Draft and by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 4th round (45th pick overall) of the 1968 NBA Draft.

He played for the Phoenix Suns (1968–69) in the NBA for 7 games.

He was an assistant coach for the 1973–74 NC State basketball team which won the NCAA championship.

In 2007–2008, the UNC Asheville Bulldogs garnered national spotlight attention because of 7'7" center Kenny George. Although the Bulldogs lost in the Big South Conference Tournament final game to Winthrop Eagles, 2007–2008 season was a very successful season.

The 2011–2012 season was the most successful season in Asheville basketball history. Led by four seniors (J.P. Primm, Matt Dickey, Chris Stephenson, and Quinard Jackson), the Bulldogs won a school record 24 wins. After winning the Big South Conference regular season title and tournament, the Bulldogs were awarded a 16 seed in the NCAA tournament and played the Syracuse Orange, the number 1 seed in the East Region. The Bulldogs led most of the game; however, they narrowly missed the historic opportunity to upset the Orange.

At the conclusion of the 2012–13 season, Biedenbach resigned his position with the Bulldogs to take an assistant coaching job under Buzz Peterson at UNC Wilmington.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Davidson (Southern Conference) (1978–1981)
1978–79	Davidson	8–19	3–7
1979–80	Davidson	8–18	4–11
1980–81	Davidson	13–14	11–5	1st
Davidson:		29–51	18–23
UNCA Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (1996–Present)
1996–97	UNC Asheville	18–10	11–3	1st
1997–98	UNC Asheville	19–9	11–1	1st
1998–99	UNC Asheville	11–18	8–6	3rd
1999–00	UNC Asheville	11–19	7–7	T–3rd
2000–01	UNC Asheville	15–13	9–5	3rd
2001–02	UNC Asheville	13–15	10–4	T–1st
2002–03	UNC Asheville	15–17	8–8	5th	NCAA Tourney 1st Rd
2003–04	UNC Asheville	9–20	6–10	7th
2004–05	UNC Asheville	11–17	8–8	3rd
2005–06	UNC Asheville	9–19	6–10	7th
2006–07	UNC Asheville	12–19	6–8	5th
2007–08	UNC Asheville	23–10	10–4	T–1st	NIT 1st Round
2008–09	UNC Asheville	15–16	10–8	4th
2009–10	UNC Asheville	15–16	11–7	4th
2010–11	UNC Asheville	20–14	11–7	3rd	NCAA Tourney 2nd Round
2011–12	UNC Asheville	24–10	16–2	1st	NCAA Tourney 2nd Round
2012–13	UNC Asheville	16–16	10–6	3rd
UNC Asheville:		256–258	158–104
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/02/unc-asheville-coach-eddie-biedenbach-to-become-assistant-at-uncw/

External links

Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com

Davidson Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

James W. Rhea (1907–1909)
No coach (1909–1912)
W. T. Cook (1912–1913)
No team (1913–1914)
No coach (1914–1915)
Bill Fetzer (1915–1918)
No coach (1918–1919)
Fred Hengeveld (1919–1922)
H. M. Grey (1922–1923)
William L. Younger (1923–1931)
Flake Laird (1931–1937)
Norman Shepard (1937–1949)
Boydson Baird (1949–1952)
Danny Miller (1952–1955)
Tom Scott (1955–1960)
Lefty Driesell (1960–1969)
Terry Holland (1969–1974)
Robert Brickels (1974–1976)
Dave Pritchett (1976–1978)
Eddie Biedenbach (1978–1981)
Bobby Hussey (1981–1989)
Bob McKillop (1989– )

UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

Bob Hartman (1964–1979) Jerry Green (1979–1988) Don Doucette (1988–1993) Randy Wiel (1993–1996) Eddie Biedenbach (1996–2013) Nick McDevitt (2013– )

NC State Wolfpack Men's Basketball 1973–74 NCAA Champions

10 Moe Rivers 24 Tommy Burleson 25 Monte Towe 30 Phil Spence 42 Tim Stoddard 44 David Thompson (MOP) Head Coach Norm Sloan Assistant Coaches Eddie Biedenbach Sammy Esposito

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