Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
| Liza Fruendt Career | ||
| 2014-18 | Missouri State | Player |
| 2019-20 | Kansas City | Graduate Manager |
| 2020-23 | Tennessee | Assistant Coach, Recruiting Director |
| 2024-25 | Illinois | Assistant Coach |
| 2025-Present | Missouri | Assistant Coach |
Liza Fruendt is in her first season with Missouri women's basketball after joining the program in March of 2025.
Fruendt previously spent her playing career at Missouri State under Missouri head coach Kellie Harper and served on Harper's staff for three seasons at Tennessee.
Fruendt joins the Tigers after spending the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at Illinois.
She helped coach the Fighting Illini to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after posting a 22-10 overall record, which included an 11-7 mark against Big Ten Conference opponents.
During her time with Harper at Tennessee, the Lady Vols earned back-to-back NCAA Sweet 16 appearances (2022 & 2023) and, in 2024, produced their fourth straight first-round WNBA Draft pick.
During the 2023-24 season, Tennessee owned a 20-13 overall record while going 10-6 in Southeastern Conference play and making an SEC Tournament semifinals appearance. The Lady Vols won their NCAA Tournament First Round game over Green Bay before falling to No. 11 NC State in the Second Round to conclude the season.
On the recruiting front, Fruendt played a role in Tennessee landing the No. 6 transfer class in 2023 and a group in 2022 that included No. 4-rated Rickea Jackson, No. 12 Jasmine Powell, and No. 16 Jasmine Franklin along with No. 35-ranked espnW 100 standout Kaniya Boyd.
Fruendt joined the Lady Vols staff as the director of recruiting operations prior to the 2021-22 campaign and served two years in that position before being elevated to an assistant coach in conjunction with the NCAA legislation that went into effect on July 1, 2023.
Fruendt headed to Rocky Top after spending 2020-21 as a senior associate consultant for Cerner Corporation. Prior to that, she served two seasons as a graduate assistant with the women's basketball program at Kansas City.
A standout on teams coached by Harper while she was at Missouri State, Fruendt excelled both on and off the court as a Lady Bear. She was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team (2015), All-MVC First Team (2017, 2018), and MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2017, 2018).
A native of Batavia, Illinois, Fruendt is a 2018 graduate of Missouri State with a bachelor's degree in business administration, and she earned a master's in business administration in 2020 from Kansas City.
