Eddie Biedenbach

Who is Eddie Biedenbach?

Edward Joseph "Eddie/Ed" Biedenbach is an American college basketball coach and current assistant coach at UNC Wilmington.

He is the former men's basketball coach at Davidson University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He led Asheville to three NCAA tournament appearances. In 2003, they lost to Texas in the first round. In 2011, they beat Arkansas-Little Rock in the First Four before losing to Pittsburgh in the Round of 64. In 2012, UNC-Asheville clinched its third NCAA bid by defeating VMI 80-64 in the Big South Championship game. They were defeated by Syracuse in the Round of 64. Biedenbach gave current Texas head coach Rick Barnes his first coaching job when he hired him as an assistant at Davidson.

He played collegiately for the North Carolina State University and was selected First Team All-ACC twice.

He was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 9th round of the 1967 NBA Draft and by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 4th round of the 1968 NBA Draft.

He played for the Phoenix Suns in the NBA for 7 games.

He was an assistant coach for the 1973–74 NC State basketball team which won the NCAA championship.