FRIESS ASSOCIATES INC
13F-HR, 1999-05-12
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, DC  20549

                                    Form 13F

                              FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:   March 31, 1999

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name:    FRIESS ASSOCIATES, INC.
Address: 115 E. SNOW KING AVENUE
         JACKSON, WY  83001

13F File Number: 28-1346

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom 
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized 
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and 
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, 
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report:
Name:  Susan Morgan
Title: Operations
Phone: 302-656-3017
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
     Susan Morgan     Wilmington, DE      May 9, 1999

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
    NONE

I am signing this report as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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                     FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers:      0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 163
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $6,145,668
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                                                                  FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE                                        
                                                           VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY     
        NAME OF ISSUER          TITLE OF CLASS    CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE  
- ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
<S>                            <C>              <C>       <C>      <C>      <C> <C>  <C>     <C>          <C>      <C>      <C>
ACT Manufacturing              COM              000973107      833    50300 SH       SOLE                    50300                 
ACT Networks, Inc.             COM              000975102     6938   360400 SH       SOLE                   360400                 
ADC Telecom.                   COM              000886101    38236   801800 SH       SOLE                   801800                 
AHL Services                   COM              001296102     3805   185600 SH       SOLE                   185600                 
AT&T Corp.                     COM              001957109    38789   486000 SH       SOLE                   486000                 
Abercrombie & Fitch            COM              002896207     3782    41000 SH       SOLE                    41000                 
Adaptec, Inc.                  COM              00651F108    41247  1808100 SH       SOLE                  1808100                 
Advance Paradigm               COM              007491103    17585   278300 SH       SOLE                   278300                 
Advanced Digital               COM              007525108     4661   281400 SH       SOLE                   281400                 
Advent Software, Inc.          COM              007974108     4420    88400 SH       SOLE                    88400                 
Aeroflex, Inc.                 COM              007768104     6293   441600 SH       SOLE                   441600                 
Alpha Industries, Inc.         COM              020753109     4367   237650 SH       SOLE                   237650                 
Alternative Living             COM              02145K107     7694   384700 SH       SOLE                   384700                 
Amdocs Ltd.                    COM              G02602103    14156   654600 SH       SOLE                   654600                 
American Eagle                 COM              02553D108    29707   414400 SH       SOLE                   414400                 
Americredit Corp.              COM              03060R101    17955  1368000 SH       SOLE                  1368000                 
Amerisource Health             COM              03071P102    44854  1312000 SH       SOLE                  1312000                 
Analog Devices                 COM              032654105    54972  1847800 SH       SOLE                  1847800                 
AnnTaylor Stores               COM              036115103     8259   186900 SH       SOLE                   186900                 
Ardent Software, Inc.          COM              039794102      196    12200 SH       SOLE                    12200                 
Artesyn Technologies           COM              043127109     1825   147500 SH       SOLE                   147500                 
Astoria Financial              COM              046265104    28070   561400 SH       SOLE                   561400                 
Atlas Air                      COM              049164106     7458   258850 SH       SOLE                   258850                 
Autodesk, Inc.                 COM              052769106    61259  1514900 SH       SOLE                  1514900                 
Aviation Sales Co.             COM              053672101    17097   384200 SH       SOLE                   384200                 
Axent Technologies             COM              05459C108    20537   853500 SH       SOLE                   853500                 
BJ's Wholesale Club            COM              05548J106    43145  1639700 SH       SOLE                  1639700                 
Baker Hughes, Inc.             COM              057224107    20308   835300 SH       SOLE                   835300                 
Bank One Corp.                 COM              06423A103    49165   892900 SH       SOLE                   892900                 
Bluegreen Corp.                COM              096231105     3245   665600 SH       SOLE                   665600                 
Boyds Collection               COM              103354106    25321  1406700 SH       SOLE                  1406700                 
Buckle, Inc.                   COM              118440106     4228   187900 SH       SOLE                   187900                 
CEC Entertainment              COM              125137109    19566   545400 SH       SOLE                   545400                 
CIT Group                      COM              125577106    44117  1443500 SH       SOLE                  1443500                 
CNF Transportation             COM              12612W104    33400   883300 SH       SOLE                   883300                 
CSK Auto Corp.                 COM              125965103     9062   302700 SH       SOLE                   302700                 
CTS Corp.                      COM              126501105    35788   723900 SH       SOLE                   723900                 
Calpine Corp.                  COM              131347106     5429   149000 SH       SOLE                   149000                 
Capital Senior Living          COM              140475104     2094   296500 SH       SOLE                   296500                 
Carematrix Corp.               COM              141706101     6582   346400 SH       SOLE                   346400                 
Cellstar Corp.                 COM              150925105     5991   577400 SH       SOLE                   577400                 
Cendant Corp.                  COM              151313103   142751  8956900 SH       SOLE                  8956900                 
Charter One Financial          COM              160903100    23362   809500 SH       SOLE                   809500                 
Check Pt Software              COM              M22465104    23005   535000 SH       SOLE                   535000                 
Chirex, Inc.                   COM              170038103     4792   195600 SH       SOLE                   195600                 
Church & Dwight Co.            COM              171340102    17437   427900 SH       SOLE                   427900                 
Circuit City                   COM              172737108    87169  1137600 SH       SOLE                  1137600                 
Citrix Systems                 COM              177376100    60733  1593000 SH       SOLE                  1593000                 
Claire's Stores                COM              179584107    27140   900900 SH       SOLE                   900900                 
Commscope, Inc.                COM              203372107    15879   758400 SH       SOLE                   758400                 
Comverse Technology            COM              205862402    56279   662100 SH       SOLE                   662100                 
Copart, Inc.                   COM              217204106    18005   867700 SH       SOLE                   867700                 
Corning, Inc.                  COM              219350105   149472  2491200 SH       SOLE                  2491200                 
Cost Plus, Inc.                COM              221485105     5946   202400 SH       SOLE                   202400                 
Costco Companies               COM              22160Q102   101058  1103700 SH       SOLE                  1103700                 
Cotelligent Group              COM              221630106     1183   133300 SH       SOLE                   133300                 
DSP Communications             COM              23332K106     6263   394500 SH       SOLE                   394500                 
Dayton Hudson Corp.            COM              239753106   248391  3728200 SH       SOLE                  3728200                 
Dime Bancorp, Inc.             COM              25429Q102    34341  1481000 SH       SOLE                  1481000                 
Dura Pharmaceuticals           COM              26632S109    18296  1295300 SH       SOLE                  1295300                 
EMC Corp.                      COM              268648102   231087  1808900 SH       SOLE                  1808900                 
Eclipse Surgical               COM              278849104     1653   157400 SH       SOLE                   157400                 
Electronic Arts, Inc.          COM              285512109    84541  1779800 SH       SOLE                  1779800                 
Electronic Boutique            COM              286045109     2502   180300 SH       SOLE                   180300                 
Electronics for Imaging        COM              286082102    65664  1683700 SH       SOLE                  1683700                 
Family Dollar Stores           COM              307000109    42803  1861000 SH       SOLE                  1861000                 
Foodmaker, Inc.                COM              344839204     5722   224400 SH       SOLE                   224400                 
Footstar, Inc.                 COM              344912100     6874   214800 SH       SOLE                   214800                 
Fossil, Inc.                   COM              349882100     6630   222400 SH       SOLE                   222400                 
Frontier Airlines              COM              359065109     4296   435000 SH       SOLE                   435000                 
GT Interactive Software        COM              36236E109     3133   677400 SH       SOLE                   677400                 
Gap, Inc.                      COM              364760108   147330  2188750 SH       SOLE                  2188750                 
Gemstar Int'l Group            COM              G3788V106   139837  1858300 SH       SOLE                  1858300                 
Golden State Bancorp           COM              381197102    15499   696600 SH       SOLE                   696600                 
Group Maint. America           COM              39943E107     2344   206100 SH       SOLE                   206100                 
Heller Financial, Inc.         COM              423328103    17731   754500 SH       SOLE                   754500                 
Humana, Inc.                   COM              444859102    20753  1203100 SH       SOLE                  1203100                 
Hussmann Int'l, Inc.           COM              448110106    15062  1025500 SH       SOLE                  1025500                 
IVAX Corp.                     COM              465823102    22697  1921400 SH       SOLE                  1921400                 
Insight Enterprises            COM              45765U103     5320   214949 SH       SOLE                   214949                 
Intimate Brands                COM              461156101    21791   452800 SH       SOLE                   452800                 
Jones Apparel Group            COM              480074103    73646  2636100 SH       SOLE                  2636100                 
Jones Pharma, Inc.             COM              480236108    22751   654700 SH       SOLE                   654700                 
Kenneth Cole Prods.            COM              193294105     3590   136100 SH       SOLE                   136100                 
Kmart Corp.                    COM              482584109    76865  4571900 SH       SOLE                  4571900                 
Landmark Systems               COM              51506S100      566    62500 SH       SOLE                    62500                 
Lowe's Cos.                    COM              548661107   146585  2422900 SH       SOLE                  2422900                 
MCI WorldCom, Inc.             COM              55268B106   131542  1485300 SH       SOLE                  1485300                 
MMC Networks                   COM              55308N102     6573   410800 SH       SOLE                   410800                 
Mastech Corp.                  COM              57632N105    15067  1159000 SH       SOLE                  1159000                 
MedPartners, Inc.              COM              58503X107    18722  3941400 SH       SOLE                  3941400                 
Medical Manager                COM              58461C103     8522   368500 SH       SOLE                   368500                 
Medicis Pharmaceutical         COM              584690309    14331   477700 SH       SOLE                   477700                 
Medquist, Inc.                 COM              584949101     4923   164100 SH       SOLE                   164100                 
Mercury Computer               COM              589378108     5000   277800 SH       SOLE                   277800                 
Mohawk Industries              COM              608190104     5907   196900 SH       SOLE                   196900                 
Montana Power                  COM              612085100    47919   651400 SH       SOLE                   651400                 
Motive Power Ind.              COM              61980K101     2203    87700 SH       SOLE                    87700                 
Motorola, Inc.                 COM              620076109   110673  1510900 SH       SOLE                  1510900                 
NCR Corp.                      COM              62886E108   179995  3599900 SH       SOLE                  3599900                 
NPC Int'l                      COM              629360306     1514    96900 SH       SOLE                    96900                 
Nike, Inc.                     COM              654106103    55086   954900 SH       SOLE                   954900                 
Nokia Corp. ADR                COM              654902204   240587  1544700 SH       SOLE                  1544700                 
Nortel Networks Corp.          COM              656569100    29509   475000 SH       SOLE                   475000                 
Nova Corp./Georgia             COM              669784100    18302   697200 SH       SOLE                   697200                 
Orthodontic Centers            COM              68750P103    16758  1064000 SH       SOLE                  1064000                 
Outback Steakhouse             COM              689899102    30890   943200 SH       SOLE                   943200                 
Pacific Sunwear                COM              694873100     9098   261800 SH       SOLE                   261800                 
Parametric Technology          COM              699173100   215565 10914700 SH       SOLE                 10914700                 
Payless Shoe Source            COM              704379106    16187   348100 SH       SOLE                   348100                 
Pediatrix Medical              COM              705324101    16962   603100 SH       SOLE                   603100                 
Performance Food               COM              713755106     2840   108200 SH       SOLE                   108200                 
Plantronics, Inc.              COM              727493108    17305   276600 SH       SOLE                   276600                 
Polo Ralph Lauren              COM              731572103    43423  2184800 SH       SOLE                  2184800                 
Priceline.com                  COM              741503106      414     5000 SH       SOLE                     5000                 
Providian Financial            COM              74406A102    90860   826000 SH       SOLE                   826000                 
Quiksilver, Inc.               COM              74838C106    16148   382200 SH       SOLE                   382200                 
Rare Hospitality Int'l         COM              753820109     3079   223900 SH       SOLE                   223900                 
Rational Software              COM              75409P202    40621  1515000 SH       SOLE                  1515000                 
Rayovac Corp.                  COM              755081106     9435   342300 SH       SOLE                   342300                 
Remedy Corp.                   COM              759548100     2586   184700 SH       SOLE                   184700                 
ResortQuest Int'l              COM              761183102     1168    73000 SH       SOLE                    73000                 
SCI Systems, Inc.              COM              783890106    21428   723300 SH       SOLE                   723300                 
Safety Kleen Corp.             COM              78648R203    11035   832800 SH       SOLE                   832800                 
Santa Cruz Operation           COM              801833104     3371   619900 SH       SOLE                   619900                 
Sawtek, Inc.                   COM              805468105    21023   622900 SH       SOLE                   622900                 
Seagate Technology             COM              811804103   160232  5420100 SH       SOLE                  5420100                 
Segue Software, Inc.           COM              815807102     3075   319500 SH       SOLE                   319500                 
Semtech Corp.                  COM              816850101     6477   203200 SH       SOLE                   203200                 
Shorewood Packaging            COM              825229107     6101   310900 SH       SOLE                   310900                 
Sonic Automotive               COM              83545G102     4839   312200 SH       SOLE                   312200                 
Sonic Corp.                    COM              835451105     7537   279800 SH       SOLE                   279800                 
Sports Authority               COM              849176102     4126   564300 SH       SOLE                   564300                 
Sterling Commerce              COM              859205106    27770   903100 SH       SOLE                   903100                 
Sterling Software              COM              859547101    45650  1922100 SH       SOLE                  1922100                 
Sun Microsystems               COM              866810104   234842  1877800 SH       SOLE                  1877800                 
Sunrise Assisted Living        COM              86768K106    18713   410700 SH       SOLE                   410700                 
Superior Svcs.                 COM              868316100     7422   374600 SH       SOLE                   374600                 
Sybron International           COM              87114F106    19740   789600 SH       SOLE                   789600                 
Sykes Enterprises              COM              871237103    14515   449200 SH       SOLE                   449200                 
Symantec Corp.                 COM              871503108    29114  1718900 SH       SOLE                  1718900                 
TJX Companies, Inc.            COM              872540109   160398  4717600 SH       SOLE                  4717600                 
Taco Cabana Cl A               COM              873425102     1630   185000 SH       SOLE                   185000                 
Talbots, Inc.                  COM              874161102     9063   371800 SH       SOLE                   371800                 
Talk.Com                       COM              879176105    19688  1886300 SH       SOLE                  1886300                 
Tarrant Apparel Group          COM              876289109     4876   116100 SH       SOLE                   116100                 
Tellabs, Inc.                  COM              879664100   203848  2085400 SH       SOLE                  2085400                 
Tommy Hilfiger                 COM              G8915Z102    77705  1128200 SH       SOLE                  1128200                 
Toys R Us, Inc.                COM              892335100    23760  1263000 SH       SOLE                  1263000                 
Transwitch Corp.               COM              894065101    14294   315900 SH       SOLE                   315900                 
Tropical Sportswear            COM              89708P102     1866    91600 SH       SOLE                    91600                 
Tyco Int'l Ltd.                COM              902124106   221758  3090700 SH       SOLE                  3090700                 
U S Liquids, Inc.              COM              902974104     4734   224100 SH       SOLE                   224100                 
United Rentals, Inc.           COM              911363109    17451   612300 SH       SOLE                   612300                 
Unitrode Corp.                 COM              913283107    15476  1105400 SH       SOLE                  1105400                 
VWR Scientific                 COM              918435108     6595   293100 SH       SOLE                   293100                 
Wallace Computer               COM              932270101    14750   744500 SH       SOLE                   744500                 
Waste Management               COM              94106L109   121588  2740000 SH       SOLE                  2740000                 
Wendy's Int'l                  COM              950590109    59056  2076700 SH       SOLE                  2076700                 
Wet Seal, Inc.                 COM              961840105    16325   442700 SH       SOLE                   442700                 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.          COM              969904101    26612   942000 SH       SOLE                   942000                 
ZDNet                          COM              989511209     2700    75000 SH       SOLE                    75000                 
Zale Corp.                     COM              988858106    23569   689400 SH       SOLE                   689400                 
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