Edwin Jay "Bud" VanDeWege, Jr. (born April 24, 1958) is a former American basketball coach. He was the head coach of the

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team from 1984 to 1992, compiling a record of 93–132 (41–103

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) in eight seasons at Michigan. After leading the team to its first 20-win season and its first NCAA Tournament appearance, he was named

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in 1990. He is the second winningest head coach in the history of Michigan's women's basketball program.

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In May 1984, VanDeWege was named interim head coach of the

team, following the resignation of Gloria Soluk He took over as the full-time head coach in the fall of 1984. For the previous three years, he had been a part-time assistant on Bill Frieder's coaching staff for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. VanDeWege remained as the women's basketball coach from 1984 to 1992, compiling an overall record of 93–132 () and a record of 41–103 () against

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opponents. As VanDeWege began his sixth season as head coach, his teams had finished in the bottom half of the

every year, including two 10th-place finishes. The Michigan women's basketball team had not recorded a winning season in 18 years.("Van De Wege Leads Women Cagers") VanDeWege then led the 1989–1990 team to a 20–10 record, the first 20-win season in program history and the first time the women's team had received an invitation to play in the NCAA Tournament. At the end of the season, VanDeWege was named

for 1990. VanDeWege lost four of five starters to graduation after the 1989–1990 season, and his teams finished in ninth place in the Big Ten each of the next two seasons. VanDeWege resigned after the 1991–1992 season. His 93 career wins at Michigan made him the winningest head coach in Michigan women's basketball history until

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recorded her 94th win in November 2001. He currently ranks third behind Guevara and

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in career coaching wins with the program.

Moe's Sports Shop

VanDeWege was raised in

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, and graduated from the

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in 1980. His father, Edwin Jay "Bud" VanDeWege, Sr., began working in 1964 at Moe Sports Shop on North University Avenue in Ann Arbor and purchased the business in 1971. VanDeWege, Jr., took over the business in later years and sold the shop in April 2010.

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References

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