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| ISU head coach Wayne Morgan got rave reviews in his first month on the job when he landed one of the nation’s top assistant coaches in Fred Quartlebaum. Quartlebaum, who spent the last three seasons as an assistant at North Carolina, is considered one of the top basketball recruiters in the nation. In his coaching career, he has helped recruit five McDonald’s All-Americans (Sean May, Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton, Jawad Williams and Chris Thomas) and had a pair of recruiting classes that were ranked second nationally (2001 & 2002) while at North Carolina. Mike Sullivan of Rivals Hoops ranked him among the top 10 best assistant recruiters in the nation.
A native of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Quartlebaum was an assistant coach for Matt Doherty at North Carolina from 2000-03. In his first year, the Tar Heels won 26 games, earned a No. 1 national ranking late in the regular season, posted a 13-3 league record and won a share of an ACC regular-season championship. UNC earned an NCAA and an NIT berth in his three seasons in Chapel Hill, and two of his former players (Joe Forte and Brendan Haywood) are current players in the NBA.
Quartlebaum followed Doherty to UNC from Notre Dame, where he spent one season (1999-2000) with the Fighting Irish. UND went 22-15 and earned a berth in the NIT championship game, falling to Wake Forest 71-61 in the finals. Notre Dame played 14 of its 36 games against teams that participated in the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Two of his players at UND were All-American Troy Murphy and Ryan Humphrey, both current NBA players.
Quartlebaum was an assistant coach at Fairfield in 1998-99, at Holy Cross in 1997-98 and at Towson State in 1996-97. Prior to his Towson State stint, he served four seasons (1992-96) as an assistant coach at the United States Naval Academy. He helped the Midshipmen earn the Patriot League championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 1994.
Before beginning his collegiate coaching career, Quartlebaum was the head coach at Rye High School in Rye, N.Y., in 1991-92.
A 1989 Fordham graduate with a degree in communications, Quartlebaum was a four-year performer for the Rams, helping the team to an NIT appearance in 1988. He was the team’s co-captain his senior year.
He graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., earning all-county and all-division honors in basketball. He played AAU basketball for the Riverside Church squad. Born on Aug. 30, 1967, Quartlebaum is married to the former Christy Stephens. The couple has two sons, Trey (3) and Mayson (1). |
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