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Chmiel, BGSU women's basketball working to blend winning cultures

BOWLING GREEN — Fred Chmiel knows what it takes to succeed on the hardwood.

So do the players that he is coaching.

As the Bowling Green State University women’s basketball team continues to go through summer practices, blending the winning mindsets of the former South Carolina assistant and a Falcons’ squad coming off one of its best seasons in program history will be a big focus in preparing for the 2023-24 campaign.

“I think there’s a recipe to winning. There’s discipline, dedication, and sacrifice,” said Chmiel, who took over as BGSU’s coach in mid-April. “They’ve done it here, we’ve done it before we got here.