Mark Gottfried

Mark Frederick Gottfried (born January 20, 1964 in Crestline, Ohio)^[1] is a men's college basketball coach and is currently the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.^[1] Gottfried played 3 seasons of basketball at Alabama, and the Crimson Tide advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in each of those seasons.

Prep Career

He graduated from Mobile’s UMS-Wright Prep in 1982. He played there one season 21.6 ppg/11.2 rpg and was a inducted into the National Honor Society. He was inducted into UMS-Wright’s Hall of Fame and in 2004 was the UMS Alumnus of the Year. He also attended Carterville High School in Carterville, Illinois (14 ppg/4 apg) and Carbondale High School in Carbondale, Illinois (16 ppg/6 apg).

College career

Gottfried graduated with a Bachelor of Arts & Sciences in Communications from the University of Alabama in 1987. He attended Oral Roberts on a basketball scholarship his freshman season, 1982-83, before transferring to Alabama. He attended UCLA graduate school for two years.^[1]

Academic All-Southeastern Conference; 1986 Bryant Award Winner ( top UA scholar-athlete); starter on Alabama’s 1987 SEC champions (regular season and SEC tournament) team; Alabama advanced to NCAA “Sweet 16” 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; Hayden Riley Top Scholar Award

Coaching career

UCLA

Gottfried served as an assistant coach for 8 seasons (1987-95) at UCLA under Jim Harrick. Also members of the staff were former UCLA head coach Steve Lavin and current Washington head coach Lorenzo Romar. The Bruins were the 1995 NCAA Champions with Gottfried as an Assistant Coach & recruiter. The Bruins were ranked 1st nationally for their recruiting class in 1994 and produced future NBA players Ed O'Bannon, George Zidek, Tyus Edney, Don MacLean, Tracy McMurray, Pooh Richardson, Trevor Wilson, Darrick Martin and Mitchell Butler.^[1] He has faced his former school twice as head coach at Alabama, losing 79-57 in the 2001 John Wooden Classic and losing 62-59 in the 2nd Round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

Murray State

Gottfried was Head Coach from 1995-97 at Murray State University and compiled a 68-24 overall record. 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 Ohio Valley Conference coach to win three OVC titles in only three seasons; Gottfried coached Racers to three Ohio Valley Conference Championships, all three years he coached there.^[1]

Alabama

Gottfried was hired by the University of Alabama in March 25, 1998 after three seasons coaching at Murray State.^[1] Alabama's finest years during his tenure have been the 2001-2002 season, when the Tide won the SEC regular season championship, and the 2003-2004 season, when the squad advanced to the Elite Eight. For his efforts he was named SEC coach of the year by the AP and his fellow coaches. His tenure at Alabama has been marked by key player injuries and disappointment. He has posted back to back losing seasons in the SEC in 2006-'07 and 2007-'08. The 2007-2008 season marks the first time in nine years (only the second time under Gottfried) that Alabama did not reach either the NIT or NCAA post-season tournament, although the Tide did receive an invitation to the first annual College Basketball Invitational it was turned down due to a lack of interest from the team and athletic department.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Murray State (Ohio Valley Conference) (1995–1997)
1995–1996	Murray State	19-10	12-4	1st	NIT 1st Round
1996–1997	Murray State	20-10	12-6	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1997–1998	Murray State	29-4	16-2	1st	NCAA 1st Round
Murray State:		68-24	40-12
Alabama (Southeastern Conference) (1998–present)
1998–1999	Alabama	17-15	7-11	5(t) - West	NIT 1st Round
1999–2000	Alabama	13-16	6-10	4 - West
2000–2001	Alabama	25-11	8-8	3 - West	NIT Final Four
2001–2002	Alabama	27-8	12-4	1 - West	NCAA 2nd Round
2002–2003	Alabama	17-12	7-9	4 - West	NCAA 1st Round
2003–2004	Alabama	20-13	8-8	2(t) - West	NCAA Elite Eight
2004–2005	Alabama	24-7	12-4	1(t) - West	NCAA 1st Round
2005–2006	Alabama	18-13	10-6	2 - West	NCAA 2nd Round
2006–2007	Alabama	20-12	7-9	3(t) - West	NIT 1st Round
2007–2008	Alabama	17-16	5-11	5 - West	Declined invitation to CBI
Alabama:		198-123	82-80
Total:		266-147
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

Family

Mark and his wife, Elizabeth,have four sons and one daughter. The children's names are; Brandon, Cameron, Aaron, Dillon and daughter, Mary Layson.^[1]

His father, Joe Gottfried, was also a basketball coach and currently serves as Director of Athletics at the University of South Alabama.^[1] His uncle, Mike Gottfried, was a college football head coach and is now an analyst on ESPN college football broadcasts.

References

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