Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher (born March 24, 1945)
Teams coached: Michigan Wolverines, San Diego State Aztecs
Michigan record: 109-79 (.580) **
San Diego State record: 386-209 (.649)
Overall record: 495-288 (.632) **
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 1 (1989)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 14 (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) **
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 5 (1989, 1992, 1994, 2011, 2014) **
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (1989)
- NIT Championships: 0 **
- NIT Appearances: 6 (1991, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016) **
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 6 (2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2011)
Awards:
- Naismith Coach of the Year: 1 (2011)
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (2011)
- Mountain West Coach of the Year: 4 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016)
- John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2015)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1999-2017 | San Diego State |
| 1998-1999 | Sacramento Kings (asst) |
| 1989-1997 | Michigan |
| 1982-1989 | Michigan (asst) |
| 1979-1982 | Western Michigan (asst) |
Steve Fisher Facts
- Stephen Louis Fisher
- Born March 24, 1945
- Hometown: Herrin, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Illinois State University (BS, 1967 & MS, 1968)
- Played for James Collie at then D-II Illinois State; helped lead the team to the D-II Final Four as a senior in 1967
- Started his coaching career at Rich East HS (IL), where he started as an assistant and eventually became the team’s head coach
- Moved up to the college level in 1979 as an assistant to Les Wothke at Western Michigan
- Became an assistant under Bill Frieder at Michigan at 1982, serving in that role for seven seasons
- Took over as the Wolverines’ head coach heading into the 1989 NCAA Tournament following Frieder’s decision to take the job at Arizona State
- Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler fired Frieder rather than allow him to coach the Wolverines in the Tournament
- Led the Wolverines to a surprise National Championship title, taking over the team and eading them to six straight victories
- Reached the National Championship Game again in both 1992 and 1993 with Michigan, but those appearances were later vacated by the NCAA due to the Michigan/Ed Martin Scandal
- Won the NIT in 1997 with Michigan, but that entire season was vacated by the NCAA due to the same scandal
- Hired in 1999 to be the head coach at San Diego State, taking over a program that had 13 losing seasons in the previous 14 yrs
- Went to eight NCAA Tournaments, five NITs and twice reached the Sweet Sixteen in eighteen seasons
- Won six Mountain West regular seasons titles with SDSU, five of which coming in his final seven years before retiring
- Announced his retirement in April 2017, leaving as the winningest coach in program history (386 victories)
- Along with his wife, Angie, has two sons
Steve Fisher Coaching Tree
- Mike Boyd (Cleveland State)
- Brian Dutcher (San Diego State)
- Juwan Howard (Michigan)
- Justin Hutson (Fresno State)
- Marvin Menzies (Kansas City, UNLV, New Mexico State)
- Dave Paulsen (Holy Cross, George Mason, Bucknell, Williams, Le Moyne, St. Lawrence)
- Scott Perry (Eastern Kentucky)
- Jay Smith (Kalamazoo, Central Michigan, Grand Valley State)
- Perry Watson (Detroit Mercy)
** Listed accomplishments for this coach do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA