Zambolist "Zam" Fredrick Sr. (born August 17, 1959) is a retired American professional

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player. He spent his professional career playing in Italy, from 1981 to 1987, after graduating college from the University of South Carolina, in 1981. Although Fredrick played in Europe, he is best known in the United States for leading NCAA Division I in scoring, as a

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, in 1980–81, with a 28.9 points per game average.

College career

Fredrick grew up in

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. He played

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(UofSC), under

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Frank McGuire Frank Joseph McGuire (November 8, 1913 – October 11, 1994) was an American basketball coach. At the collegiate level, he was head coach for three major programs: St. John's Red Storm men's basketball, St. John's, North Carolina Tar Heels men's ...

and Bill Foster, between 1977 and 1981. The 781 total points he scored during his senior season is second all-time in school history, to

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's 906, who, coincidentally, also led the nation in scoring in 1956–57.

Professional playing career

Despite being selected by the

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, in the

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(third round, 51st overall), Fredrick never played in the

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. he was the Italian League Top Scorer in 1982, and the

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, in 1986.

Coaching career

After his decade-long professional career in Europe, Fredrick came back to the US, and coached high school basketball at Calhoun County High School (CCHS), in

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. During one seven-year stretch, Fredrick led CCHS to five state championships, and a winning streak of 81 games. His son, Zam Fredrick, Jr., was a member of three of those. His son also scored a South Carolina state record 3,481 points, and had played on the varsity team since 8th grade. Fredrick, Sr. is still a coach at CCHS to this day.

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External links

Italian League Profile

College statistics at the Draft Review
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College career

Professional playing career

Coaching career

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