Fred Hoiberg

Biography

Fred Hoiberg’s career has revolved around the sport of basketball. The grandson of a professional basketball player and collegiate coach, Hoiberg has followed a similar path, spending three decades as a player, coach or executive in Division I basketball and the National Basketball Association. Hoiberg is in his seventh season as Nebraska’s men’s basketball coach in 2024-25. Hoiberg, who was born in Lincoln, is the 28th coach in program history, a fraternity that includes his grandfather, Jerry Bush, who guided the Husker program for nine seasons from 1955 to 1963. Hoiberg’s ties run deep to Nebraska as his other grandfather, Otto Hoiberg, was a history professor at the University, while his father, Eric, received his doctorate degree from Nebraska. Hoiberg has experienced immense success at the collegiate level. He won more games than any other player during his time as a Cyclone guard and then returned to post the top winning percentage of any coach in Iowa State history. He won four NCAA Tournament games at Iowa State – a program record – and developed four players who eventually became NBA Draft picks and four All-Americans in his five seasons. At Nebraska, he has steadily built the Husker program, guiding the Huskers to an NCAA Tournament berth in 2023-24 and the first-ever College Basketball Crown title last season. Over the last two years, NU has won 44 games, the second-best two-year win total in program history. Nebraska enjoyed a successful season in 2024-25, matchi

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