Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Head Coach
Full name: Mark Fredrick Gottfried
Date Hired at Alabama: March 25, 1998
Title: Head Men[apos]s Basketball Coach
Hometown: Mobile, Alabama
Birthdate/city: January 20, 1964; Crestline, Ohio
Family: Son of Joe and Mary Gottfried of Mobile; Joe is the Director of Athletics at the University of South Alabama and is a former college and high school coach; has a sister, Christy. Married the former Elizabeth Kozel of Birmingham on August 20, 1988 (Elizabeth, a UA grad, is a marathon runner who has competed in Boston Marathon). Five children; sons: Brandon, born 6-23-91; Cameron, born 7-5-95; Aaron, born 9-25-96; and Dillon, born 10-24-97. One daughter, Mary Layson, born 10-5-92.
High School: Graduated from Mobile[apos]s UMS-Wright Prep in 1982; played there one season 21.6 ppg/11.2 rpg); National Honor Society; Inducted into UMS-Wright[apos]s Hall of Fame; 2004 UMS Alumnus of the Year; also attended Carterville High School in Carterville, Illinois (14 ppg/4 apg); Carbondale High School in Carbondale, Illinois (16 ppg/6 apg)
Prep career highlights: All-state; named [quote]National Sleeper of the Year[quote] by Midwest Basketball; team captain; averaged 21.6 points and 11.2 assists his senior year, leading UMS-Wright to a 27-3 record; career-highs of 30 points, 16 assists and 7 steals against Alba High School his senior year
College: Bachelor of Arts & Sciences (Communications), the University of Alabama, 1987; Attended Oral Roberts University on a basketball scholarship his freshman season, 1982-83, before transferring to Alabama; UCLA graduate school two years.
Collegiate career highlights: Academic All-SEC; 1986 Bryant Award Winner ( top UA scholar-athlete); starter for Alabama[apos]s 1987 SEC regular season and SEC tournament champs; UA advanced to NCAA [quote]Sweet 16[quote] all three seasons he played, 1985-86-87; averaged 10.3 points his senior season in 1987; set the Alabama school record for single game 3-point shots made with 8 against Vanderbilt on 1-10-87 and for career 3-point field goal percentage (.485, 81-167) in 1987; started 98 consecutive games; college teammates included NBA players Derrick McKey (Indiana Pacers), Keith Askins (Miami Heat), Michael Ansley (Orlando, Philadelphia & Charlotte), his Bama roommate Jim Farmer (Dallas Mavericks), and Buck Johnson (Houston Rockets); at Oral Roberts, he was a Freshman All-America and averaged 8.1 ppg, leading the team in assists with 93 and ¬contributing 30 steals; his assist led to a buzzer-beating basket to lift ORU over Kansas; UA[apos]s Hayden Riley Top Scholar Award winner in 1987
Post-College Play: 1987, drafted, 7th round by the Detroit Pistons; Toured internationally with Athletes in Action as a player in 1987-88 and later returned in 1989 to coach a summer tour in Poland and Greece with a team that finished 10-3
Head Coach: 1995-97 (3 seasons), Murray State University; 68-24 record. Breakdown: 19-10 in 1996; 20-10 in 1997 and 29-4 in 1998. Murray State advanced to the NCAA tournament in 1997 and again in 1998 and made the NIT in his first season there in 1996; He was first OVC coach to win three OVC titles in only three seasons; Gottfried coached Racers to three Ohio Valley Conference Championships, all three years he was there.
Previous Coaching Experience: Assistant Coach: 1987-95 (8 seasons), UCLA (to Jim Harrick); 1995 NCAA Champions; Coach & recruiter for the Bruins who in 1994 were ranked 1st nationally for their recruiting class; Coached NBA players Ed O[apos]Bannon (New Jersey Nets), George Zidek (Charlotte Hornets), Tyus Edney (Sacramento Kings), Don MacLean (Philadelphia 76ers), Tracy McMurray (Washington Bullets), Jerome [quote]Pooh[quote] Richardson (LA Clippers), Trevor Wilson (LA Lakers), Darrick Martin (LA Clippers) and Mitchell Butler (Portland Trailblazers).
