Michael Robert Fratello (born February 24, 1947), nicknamed "the Czar", is an American sports broadcaster and former professional basketball coach. He is currently a part-time analyst for FanDuel Sports Network Ohio for the Cleveland Cavaliers and a part-time color commentator for FanDuel Sports Network SoCal for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Fratello previously coached the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA), served as NBC's lead analyst, as YES Network's color commentator/studio analyst for the Brooklyn Nets, as a commentator/studio analyst for NBA TV and for nationally televised games on TNT and was also the head coach of the Ukraine national basketball team.

Fratello is among the winningest head coaches in NBA history, ranking respectively 18th and 19th in all-time regular season wins (667) and games coached (1,215).

Michael Robert Fratello was born on February 24, 1947, in Hackensack, New Jersey and North Haledon, New Jersey, to his parents, Vincent and Marie. He is of Italian descent. He graduated from Hackensack High School, where he was captain of the basketball, baseball, football and field hockey teams. He was named to the Bergen "All County" Football team as a center in his senior year.

Fratello then went on to Montclair State College in Montclair, New Jersey to play football.

Upon graduation he returned to Hackensack High School as an assistant for both the basketball and football teams.

Fratello then went on to the University of Rhode Island as a graduate assistant assigned to head coach Tom Carmody, also coaching the University of Rhode Island freshman basketball team.

Fratello was an assistant coach at James Madison University under Lou Campanelli.