1. Mike Fratello is currently a part-time analyst for FanDuel Sports Network Ohio for the Cleveland Cavaliers and a part-time color commentator for FanDuel Sports Network SoCal for the Los Angeles Clippers.
21 Facts About Mike Fratello
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Mike Fratello is among the winningest head coaches in NBA history, ranking respectively 18th and 19th in all-time regular season wins and games coached.
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Michael Robert Mike Fratello was born on February 24,1947, in Hackensack, New Jersey and North Haledon, New Jersey, to his parents, Vincent and Marie.
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Mike Fratello graduated from Hackensack High School, where he was captain of the basketball, baseball, football and field hockey teams.
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Mike Fratello was named to the Bergen "All County" Football team as a center in his senior year.
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Mike Fratello then went on to Montclair State College in Montclair, New Jersey to play football.
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Mike Fratello then went on to the University of Rhode Island as a graduate assistant assigned to head coach Tom Carmody, coaching the University of Rhode Island freshman basketball team.
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Mike Fratello was an assistant coach at James Madison University under Lou Campanelli.
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Mike Fratello was an assistant coach at Villanova under Rollie Massimino before going to the NBA as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks during Hubie Brown's tenure.
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Mike Fratello's teams have qualified for the playoffs in eleven of his 16 seasons as a head coach.
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Mike Fratello was head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies from December 2004 to December 2006.
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Mike Fratello built on that record the following year to win 49 games and return to the playoffs for a second consecutive season.
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On February 24,2011, Mike Fratello was officially announced as the Ukraine national basketball team head coach and on March 3,2011, he was introduced to the Ukrainian media at a press conference in Kyiv.
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Mike Fratello would be replaced by Yevgin Murzin as the nation's Team Ukraine basketball team.
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Mike Fratello started as the lead color analyst for the Los Angeles Clippers from 1990 to 1992.
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Mike Fratello returned to the Clippers for the 2019 season as a rotating analyst on TV.
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From 2002 to 2004, Mike Fratello was the lead analyst for games for the Miami Heat on The Sunshine Network.
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Mike Fratello left this position to take over as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies after the resignation of Hubie Brown in December 2004.
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Mike Fratello was hired after the unexpected resignation of former color analyst Mark Jackson from the network.
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Mike Fratello joined the crew at NBA TV, working in the studio as an analyst.
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Mike Fratello is married to his wife Susan with two children, a son named Marc and a daughter named Kristi.