Houston Fancher
Hosuton Fancher (born February 17, 1966)
Current position: Director of operations & player development
Current team: NC State Wolfpack (women’s)
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Teams coached: Appalachian State Mountaineers, Charlotte 49ers
Appalachian State record: 137-136 (.502)
Charlotte record: 3-17 (.150)
Overall record^: 184-194 (.487)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2007)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 3 (2003, 2007, 2008)
Awards:
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (2003)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | NC State (women) (DBO) |
| 2017-2018 | Charlotte (interim HC) |
| 2015-2017 | Charlotte (asst) |
| 2013-2014 | UNC Wilmington (asst) |
| 2011-2013 | Tennessee (DBO) |
| 2009-2011 | Tennessee (scouting coord.) |
| 2000-2009 | Appalachian State |
| 1996-2000 | Appalachian State (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Vanderbilt (asst) |
| 1992-1995 | North Greenville |
| 1988-1992 | Maryville (asst) |
Houston Fancher Facts
- Houston Fancher
- Born February 17, 1951
- Hometown: Newport, Tennessee
- Alma Mater: Middle Tennessee State University (BA, 1988) / Lincoln Memorial University (M.Ed, 1990)
- Played at Middle Tennessee under coach Bruce Stewart before starting his coaching career in 1988 as an assistant at D-III Maryville College (TN)
- Became the head coach at D-II North Greenville College (SC) in 1992, going 44-41 (.518) overall in three seasons
- Spent one year as an assistant to Jan van Breda Kolff at Vanderbilt and four under Buzz Peterson at Appalachian State before becoming the Mountaineers head coach in 2000
- Won 137 games and three SoCon titles in nine years with App State, making one NIT trip in 2007
- Joined Bruce Pearl‘s staff at Tennessee in 2009 as the coordinator of video scouting and was promoted to DBO by new Vols head coach Cuonzo Martin in 2011
- Rejoined Peterson as an assistant at UNC Wilmington in 2013, then in 2015 became an assistant to Mark Price at Charlotte
- Took over the 49ers program as interim head coach in December 2017 following Price’s dismissal
- Was hired in May 2018 to be Director of Operations and Player Development with the NC State women’s basketball program
Houston Fancher Coaching Tree
- Matt McMahon (LSU, Murray State)
- Tony Pujol (North Alabama)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
