Steve Fisher (basketball)
American basketball coach (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stephen Louis Fisher (born March 24, 1945)[1][2] is an American former basketball coach. Fisher served as the head coach for the Michigan Wolverines, with whom he won the national championship in 1989, and was an assistant at Michigan, Western Michigan University, and the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. From 1999 to 2017, Fisher was head coach for the San Diego State Aztecs.
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1945-03-24) March 24, 1945 (age 79) Herrin, Illinois, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1965–1967 | Illinois State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1971–1979 | Rich East HS |
1979–1982 | Western Michigan (assistant) |
1982–1989 | Michigan (assistant) |
1989–1997 | Michigan |
1998–1999 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
1999–2017 | San Diego State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 495–288 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
NCAA Division I tournament (1989) 3 NCAA Regional – Final Four (1989, 1992*, 1993*) NIT (1997*) 4 MWC tournament (2002, 2006, 2010, 2011) 7 MWC regular season (2006, 2011, 2012, 2014–2016) * vacated by NCAA | |
Awards | |
Naismith College Coach of the Year (2011) NABC Coach of the Year (2011) Adolph Rupp Cup (2011) Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2015) 4× MWC Coach of the Year (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016) | |
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Fisher attended Illinois State University, where he was a reserve guard on the Redbirds team that advanced to the Final Four of the 1967 NCAA College Division basketball tournament.