(1947-02-24) February 24, 1947 (age 77) North Haledon, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Listed weight
150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school
Hackensack (Hackensack, New Jersey)
College
Montclair State
Coaching career
1970–2014
Career history
As coach:
1970–1972
Rhode Island (assistant)
1972–1975
James Madison (assistant)
1975–1978
Villanova (assistant)
1978–1982
Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
1982–1983
New York Knicks (assistant)
1983–1990
Atlanta Hawks
1993–1999
Cleveland Cavaliers
2004–2006
Memphis Grizzlies
2011–2014
Ukraine
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
NBA Coach of the Year (1986)
NBA All-Star Game head coach (1988)
Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (2022)
As assistant coach:
Eastern 8 champion (1978)
Career coaching record
NBA
667–548 (.549)
Michael Robert Fratello (born February 24, 1947), also known as "the Czar", is an American sports broadcaster and a professional basketball coach. Fratello is currently an part-time analyst for Bally Sports Ohio for the Cleveland Cavaliers and a part-time color commentator for Bally Sports SoCal for the Los Angeles Clippers. He previously coached the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA), served as NBC's lead analyst, served as YES Network's color commentator/studio analyst for the Brooklyn Nets, a commentator/studio analyst for NBA TV and for nationally televised games on TNT and was also the head coach of the Ukraine national basketball team.
Fratello is among the winningest head coaches in NBA history, ranking respectively 18th and 19th in all-time regular season wins (667) and games coached (1,215).
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coach for the Grizzlies in 1999–2000 and 2004, and from 2009 to 2013. MikeFratello was the coach for the Grizzlies from 2004 to 2006. Dave Joerger was...
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