Mike Fratello is currently an analyst for Fox Sports Ohio for the Cavaliers and a part-time color commentator for Fox Sports West for the Clippers when they play on the road.
19 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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Mike Fratello was born in Hackensack, 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 had been a college basketball assistant at James Madison University under Lou Campanelli and served as an assistant for Rollie Massimino at Villanova before going to the NBA as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks during Hubie Brown's tenure.
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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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Mike Fratello's teams have qualified for the playoffs in eleven of his 16 seasons as a head coach.
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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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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.