# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-hoiberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:32:53.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-hoiberg"
name: "Fred Hoiberg"
slug: "fred-hoiberg"
description: "Fredrick Kristian Hoiberg is an American college basketball coach and former player. He has served as the men's head basketball coach at the University of Nebraska since 2019. Hoiberg grew up in Ames, Iowa, and played college basketball at Iowa State University in Ames where he earned the nickname \"the Mayor\". He was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) where, over his 10-year career, he played for the Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls, and Minnesota Timberwolves. After retiring as a player, he served as vice president for basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves before beginning his coaching career at his alma mater, Iowa State University. He was there from 2010 to 2015 before coaching in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls from 2015 to 2018."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_Hoiberg_ISU_Coach.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
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birthDate: "1972-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           14.967292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump