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Ali Fredrick Farokhmanesh (born April 16, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player and current Colorado State Rams men's basketball assistant coach. Farokhmanesh gained nationwide fame in the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as a member of the Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team, when he hit a crucial 3-point shot that helped UNI upset top overall seed Kansas in the second round.[1] His heroics, which came two days after hitting the game-winning three-point shot against UNLV in the first round of the tournament, led to an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated.[2]

This article is missing information about his college career. (March 2022)

Ali Farokhmanesh

Ali Farokhmanesh in 2011
Colorado State Rams
Position	Assistant coach
League	Mountain West Conference
Personal information
Born	(1988-04-16) April 16, 1988 (age 34) Pullman, Washington
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Iowa City West (Iowa City, Iowa)
College	Indian Hills CC (2006–2007) Kirkwood CC (2007–2008) Northern Iowa (2008–2010)
NBA draft	2010 / Undrafted
Playing career	2010–2014
Position	Shooting guard / Point guard
Number	5
Coaching career	2017–present
Career history
As player:
2010–2011	SAM Massagno
2011–2013	WBC Raiffeisen Wels
2013–2014	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
As coach:
2014–2016	Nebraska (GA)
2016–2017	Nebraska (Dir. of Player Development)
2017–2018	Drake (assistant)
2018–present	Colorado State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
DBL Sixth Man of the Year (2014) Dutch Supercup (2013)

Personal life

Farokhmanesh was born in Pullman, Washington, where he attended high school at Pullman High School for two years before moving to Iowa and attending West High School in Iowa City, Iowa. He then attended junior college at Indian Hills Community College and Kirkwood Community College before transferring to the University of Northern Iowa. In 2014, he stopped playing professionally and became an assistant coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[3]

Farokhmanesh is of European and Iranian descent. His father, Mashallah, was born in Borujerd and was a member of the Iranian men's national volleyball team, before immigrating to the United States in 1977, where he played for professional teams and eventually became a coach.[4] Mashallah married Ali's mother, Cindy Fredrick, who has been the head coach for the women's volleyball team at the University of Iowa since 2004. Before moving to Iowa, Fredrick was the head coach of the Washington State University's women's volleyball team for 15 years, where she had a record of 278 wins and 192 losses. Cindy and her husband briefly coached at small Luther College.[5] Cindy and Mashallah now both coach the UNLV women's volleyball team as head coach and assistant coach, respectively.[6] In 2014, Farokhmanesh married the former Mallory Husz. They have four children.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA tournament and all NCAA-sponsored spring sports and also led to most U.S. universities going to online-only instruction, the Farokhmanesh family re-created his famous NCAA tournament shot in an empty Moby Arena on the 10th anniversary of the UNI–Kansas game. The shot was captured for a web video that Colorado State posted on its official athletics Twitter account.[7]

Playing career

After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Farokhmanesh signed a deal to play for SAM Massagno Basket, an LNB Division A team based in Massagno, Switzerland.[8][9]

In 2011, Farokhmanesh signed with the Austrian team WBC Raiffeisen Wels. His contract was renewed in June 2012.[10] Farokhmanesh averaged 13.7 points per game in Austria.

On August 14, 2013, Farokhmanesh signed with SPM Shoeters Den Bosch in the Netherlands.[11] In April, Farokhmanesh won the DBL Sixth Man of the Year award.[12]

Coaching career

In 2014, Farokhmanesh stopped playing professionally, becoming a graduate assistant at Nebraska.[13] In 2016, head coach Tim Miles promoted him to director of player relations and development.[14]

On April 28, 2017, Farokhmanesh joined the Drake men's basketball program as an assistant coach for Niko Medved.[15] On March 26, 2018, he followed Medved to become his assistant at Colorado State University.[16]

Honors

SPM Shoeters Den Bosch

• DBL Sixth Man of the Year (1): 2014
• Dutch Supercup (1): 2013

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field goal percentage
3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high		Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010–11	SAM Massagno Basket	LNBA	30	33.9	.543	.480	.865	2.2	3.1	2.3	0.0	19.5
2011–12	WBC Raiffeisen Wels	ÖBL	36	29.3	.497	.497	.761	1.9	3.4	0.8	0.0	13.6
2012–13	WBC Raiffeisen Wels	ÖBL	32	34.7	.505	.415	.828	3.5	3.9	1.3	0.0	13.7
2013–14	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	DBL	35	26.0	.506	.376	.818	1.6	2.0	1.0	0.0	9.8

References

External links

• Austrian League profile
• Northern Iowa Panthers bio

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