Who is Fred Hoiberg? (OWH)

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4. Despite growing up in Ames, Iowa, Fred Hoiberg was actually a big Husker football fan. As a kid he frequently watched an old recording of the Game of the Century. “I wasn’t alive, but my parents had a video,” Hoiberg said in 2015. “That was the best.”

 

5. Hoiberg excelled as a high school athlete. He was the starting quarterback for Ames High School and also starred on the hardwood. He led the basketball team to a state championship in 1991 and was named Iowa's Mr. Basketball.

 

 

6. Hoiberg had an opportunity to play football at Nebraska. Tom Osborne offered him a scholarship, and Hoiberg says Osborne once called him from the tunnel before a game. “We were hoping he’d want to play football, but I think basketball was his first love," Osborne said years ago. "They were pretty well rooted in the Ames community, too.”

 

7. How popular was Hoiberg in Ames? He earned the nickname "The Mayor" and even received some write-in votes in the city's mayoral election in 1993. His family has also adopted the nickname. His mother, Karen, uses the Twitter handle @mayorsmom1 and his wife, Carol, uses @mayorswife32.

 

8. You'll find Hoiberg's name all over the Iowa State record books. He holds the school record for consecutive free throws made (34 in 1992) and is tied for most steals in a game (7 in 1991). He ranks fourth in career points (1,993), eighth in career rebounds (748), 12th in career assists (350) and fourth in career steals (207). His career field-goal percentage (.510) ranks 15th, career free-throw percentage (.844) ranks sixth and career 3-point percentage (.400) ranks eighth. He started 123 games in his career (fourth) and had a streak of 43 straight games scoring in double figures (fifth longest).

 

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