Kansas State University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Frazier, Chester
Chester Frazier
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- cfrazier@kstatesports.com
- Phone:
- (785) 532-6531
A former collegiate point guard at Illinois, Chester Frazier is in his seventh season at Kansas State in 2018-19 as an assistant coach to Bruce Weber.
Frazier has played a role in one of the best stretches in school history, which includes 125 wins and NCAA Tournament appearances in four of the last six seasons, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2018. He also helped K-State capture its first-ever Big 12 regular-season title in 2012-13, which included the second-most wins (27) and a tie for the most conference victories (14) in school history.
Frazier has tutored 11 players named to All-Big 12 teams the past six seasons, including first team selections Rodney McGruder (2013) and Dean Wade (2018), second team picks Angel Rodriguez (2013), Marcus Foster (2014) and Barry Brown, Jr. (2018) and third team honoree Wesley Iwundu (2016, 2017). In addition, he has helped mentor three Big 12 All-Defensive Team members in Rodriguez (2013), Iwundu (2016) and Brown (2018) as well as three players selected to the league’s All-Newcomer Team, including Brown and Wade, who became the first Wildcat duo to be honored on all-rookie squad in 2015-16.
Working primarily with the backcourt, Frazier has earned praise for his development of Iwundu, a current member of the Orlando Magic, as well as Brown and fellow senior guard Kamau Stokes. A two-time All-Big 12 selection, Iwundu became the school’s first NBA Draft selection since 2008 and finished his career as the first Wildcat to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 100 steals. Brown, who has emerged as one of the Big 12’s top defensive players, became just the fifth Wildcat to be named to one of the Big 12’s First, Second or Third Teams as well as the All-Defensive Team in the same season. Stokes, who missed seven games of his junior season due to injury, currently ranks among the Top 10 in 3-point field goals made (140/10th) and attempted (409/ninth) and assists (305/eighth).
In addition, Frazier helped the Wildcats set school single-season records in both assists (557) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4) in 2012-13 and twice pace the Big 12 in scoring defense and assists. The 294 steals in 2017-18 were the most in school history and marked the fourth time that the team has finished among the school’s Top 10 in single season steals in the last six seasons. Currently, Brown is on pace to become the school’s all-time steals leader.
Following the 2015-16 season, Frazier was one of just six Power 5 assistant coaches selected to the 2016 Under Armour 30-under-30 Team presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) at the Final Four in Houston. The list honors both head coaches and assistant coaches under the age of 30 across all levels of college basketball.
Frazier came to K-State after playing professionally in Germany, first for Goettingen (2009-10) and then for S. Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg Basketball Club (2011-12). As the starting point guard, he helped Wuerzburg to the semifinals of the German Bundesliga playoffs. He averaged 7.7 points on 37.7 percent shooting with 3.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 24.4 minutes per game. He ranked first on the team in assists, while he was second in steals and fourth in both minutes and rebounds. He helped Goettingen to the 2010 EuroChallenge title, averaging 20.4 minutes in 31 games. He averaged 5.9 points on 50.6 percent shooting with 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. In helping Goettingen to the EuroChallenge title, he averaged 3.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.0 steals per game.
Prior to his stint in Germany, Frazier served as a graduate assistant and video coordinator for Weber at Illinois from 2010-11. He helped the Fighting Illini to a 20-win season and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2010-11. He resigned midway through his second year to resume his playing career in Germany.
Frazier was a four-year lettermen and two-time captain for the Fighting Illini from 2005-09, playing all four seasons for Weber. Known for being a hard-nose point guard, he helped Illinois to 89 wins, including three 20-win seasons, and three trips to the NCAA Tournament during his career. He played in 125 games with 88 starts in his career, averaging 4.9 points on 35.9 percent shooting with 4.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.0 steals in 28.5 minutes per game. He still ranks seventh at Illinois in career assists (484) and ninth in career assists per game (3.9 apg.), while he is just outside the Top 10 in minutes played (3,566).
As a senior, Frazier led Illinois to 24 wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008-09. He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Defensive Team honors and was selected as the team’s most valuable player. He led the Big Ten in assists (5.3 apg.) and held a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio as a senior. He also averaged 5.7 points on 44.8 percent shooting and was one of the best rebounding point guards nationally, averaging 4.8 per game. He was also named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team as a sophomore in 2006-07 after averaging 7.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 31.5 minutes per game.
Frazier prepped at Lake Clifton-Eastern High School in Baltimore, Md., for head coach Herman Harried, where he earned first team All-Baltimore City/County honors and second team All-Metro accolades by the Baltimore Sun as a senior after averaging 16 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals in 2003-04. He helped lead Lake Clifton-Eastern to a 19-5 record as a senior and a final ranking of 10th by the Baltimore Sun. He also played for the Cecil-Kirk AAU program, where he was coached by former Wildcat Ronald Lucas (1992-94).
Frazier also spent one postgraduate year at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Mass., averaging 16 points and seven assists in 2004-05, playing for head coach Bill Barton. He was a second team All-Prep selection by Scout.com and a Top 50 Prep player by Hoop Scoop.
A native of Baltimore, Frazier, 32, earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation management from Illinois in 2009. He also took courses towards a master’s degree in educational policy studies from Illinois.
Frazier and his wife, Sarah, have two children, daughter Chandler, born in March 2015 and son Cameron, born in October 2017.
Frazier has played a role in one of the best stretches in school history, which includes 125 wins and NCAA Tournament appearances in four of the last six seasons, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2018. He also helped K-State capture its first-ever Big 12 regular-season title in 2012-13, which included the second-most wins (27) and a tie for the most conference victories (14) in school history.
Frazier has tutored 11 players named to All-Big 12 teams the past six seasons, including first team selections Rodney McGruder (2013) and Dean Wade (2018), second team picks Angel Rodriguez (2013), Marcus Foster (2014) and Barry Brown, Jr. (2018) and third team honoree Wesley Iwundu (2016, 2017). In addition, he has helped mentor three Big 12 All-Defensive Team members in Rodriguez (2013), Iwundu (2016) and Brown (2018) as well as three players selected to the league’s All-Newcomer Team, including Brown and Wade, who became the first Wildcat duo to be honored on all-rookie squad in 2015-16.
Working primarily with the backcourt, Frazier has earned praise for his development of Iwundu, a current member of the Orlando Magic, as well as Brown and fellow senior guard Kamau Stokes. A two-time All-Big 12 selection, Iwundu became the school’s first NBA Draft selection since 2008 and finished his career as the first Wildcat to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 100 steals. Brown, who has emerged as one of the Big 12’s top defensive players, became just the fifth Wildcat to be named to one of the Big 12’s First, Second or Third Teams as well as the All-Defensive Team in the same season. Stokes, who missed seven games of his junior season due to injury, currently ranks among the Top 10 in 3-point field goals made (140/10th) and attempted (409/ninth) and assists (305/eighth).
In addition, Frazier helped the Wildcats set school single-season records in both assists (557) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4) in 2012-13 and twice pace the Big 12 in scoring defense and assists. The 294 steals in 2017-18 were the most in school history and marked the fourth time that the team has finished among the school’s Top 10 in single season steals in the last six seasons. Currently, Brown is on pace to become the school’s all-time steals leader.
Following the 2015-16 season, Frazier was one of just six Power 5 assistant coaches selected to the 2016 Under Armour 30-under-30 Team presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) at the Final Four in Houston. The list honors both head coaches and assistant coaches under the age of 30 across all levels of college basketball.
Frazier came to K-State after playing professionally in Germany, first for Goettingen (2009-10) and then for S. Oliver Baskets Wuerzburg Basketball Club (2011-12). As the starting point guard, he helped Wuerzburg to the semifinals of the German Bundesliga playoffs. He averaged 7.7 points on 37.7 percent shooting with 3.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 24.4 minutes per game. He ranked first on the team in assists, while he was second in steals and fourth in both minutes and rebounds. He helped Goettingen to the 2010 EuroChallenge title, averaging 20.4 minutes in 31 games. He averaged 5.9 points on 50.6 percent shooting with 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. In helping Goettingen to the EuroChallenge title, he averaged 3.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.0 steals per game.
Prior to his stint in Germany, Frazier served as a graduate assistant and video coordinator for Weber at Illinois from 2010-11. He helped the Fighting Illini to a 20-win season and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2010-11. He resigned midway through his second year to resume his playing career in Germany.
Frazier was a four-year lettermen and two-time captain for the Fighting Illini from 2005-09, playing all four seasons for Weber. Known for being a hard-nose point guard, he helped Illinois to 89 wins, including three 20-win seasons, and three trips to the NCAA Tournament during his career. He played in 125 games with 88 starts in his career, averaging 4.9 points on 35.9 percent shooting with 4.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.0 steals in 28.5 minutes per game. He still ranks seventh at Illinois in career assists (484) and ninth in career assists per game (3.9 apg.), while he is just outside the Top 10 in minutes played (3,566).
As a senior, Frazier led Illinois to 24 wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008-09. He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Defensive Team honors and was selected as the team’s most valuable player. He led the Big Ten in assists (5.3 apg.) and held a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio as a senior. He also averaged 5.7 points on 44.8 percent shooting and was one of the best rebounding point guards nationally, averaging 4.8 per game. He was also named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team as a sophomore in 2006-07 after averaging 7.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 31.5 minutes per game.
Frazier prepped at Lake Clifton-Eastern High School in Baltimore, Md., for head coach Herman Harried, where he earned first team All-Baltimore City/County honors and second team All-Metro accolades by the Baltimore Sun as a senior after averaging 16 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals in 2003-04. He helped lead Lake Clifton-Eastern to a 19-5 record as a senior and a final ranking of 10th by the Baltimore Sun. He also played for the Cecil-Kirk AAU program, where he was coached by former Wildcat Ronald Lucas (1992-94).
Frazier also spent one postgraduate year at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Mass., averaging 16 points and seven assists in 2004-05, playing for head coach Bill Barton. He was a second team All-Prep selection by Scout.com and a Top 50 Prep player by Hoop Scoop.
A native of Baltimore, Frazier, 32, earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation management from Illinois in 2009. He also took courses towards a master’s degree in educational policy studies from Illinois.
Frazier and his wife, Sarah, have two children, daughter Chandler, born in March 2015 and son Cameron, born in October 2017.
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