Steve Fisher
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Herrin, IL
- Reached NCAA Final Four three times with Michigan--1989 (champion), 1992 (runner-up) and 1993 (runner-up)
- Coach of 1997 NIT champion with Michigan before reaching 2009 NIT semifinals with San Diego State
- San Diego State's all-time winningest coach won three Mountain West Conference Tournament titles (2002, 2006 and 2010)
- Assistant coach at Western Michigan under Les Wothke for three seasons from 1979-80 through 1981-82, at Michigan under Bill Frieder for seven seasons from 1982-83 through 1988-89, and with the NBA's Sacramento Kings under Rick Adelman for one season in 1998-99
- Small-college career playing statistics under James Collie (2.4 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 36.8 FG%, 57.1 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI/USA)--1990 (13/15/18), 1992 (15/17/3), 1993 (3/3/2), 1994 (11/11/8), 1997 (NR/24) and 2011 (6/11)
- All-Americans (five): Michigan's Juwan Howard (1994), Rumeal Robinson (1990), Jalen Rose (1994) and Chris Webber (1993) and San Diego State's Kawhi Leonard (2011).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6-0 | NCAA (6-0) | |||||
23-8 | 12-6 | 3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
14-15 | 7-11 | 8th | NIT (0-1) | |||
25-9 | 11-7 | 3rd | NCAA (5-1) | |||
31-5 | 15-3 | 2nd | NCAA (5-1) | |||
24-8 | 13-5 | 2nd | NCAA (3-1) | |||
17-14 | 11-7 | 3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
20-12 | 10-8 | T-5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
24-11 | 9-9 | T-6th | NIT (5-0) | |||
5-23 | 0-14 | 8th | DNP | |||
14-14 | 4-10 | 7th | DNP | |||
21-12 | 7-7 | T-4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
16-14 | 6-8 | 5th | NIT (1-1) | |||
14-16 | 5-9 | T-5th | DNP | |||
11-18 | 4-10 | 6th | DNP | |||
24-9 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-11 | 10-6 | T-3rd | NIT (1-1) | |||
20-13 | 9-7 | 4th | NIT (0-1) | |||
26-10 | 11-5 | 4th | NIT (3-1) | |||
25-9 | 11-5 | T-3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
34-3 | 14-2 | T-1st | NCAA | |||
2011-12 |
* Promoted from assistant to head coach just before the start of the 1989 NCAA playoffs after Frieder announced he had accepted Arizona State's head coaching position.
NOTE: Vacated a total of 71 regular-season victories in 1993 (26), 1996 (21) and 1997 (24) plus a total of 13 NCAA Tournament games in 1992 (5-1 record), 1993 (5-1) and 1996 (0-1).
- 20-Year Coaching Record: 382-231 (.623) overall
- 184-82 (.692) in nine years at Michigan
- 198-149 (.571) in first 11 years at San Diego State
- 88-56 (.611) in Big Ten Conference
- 80-84 (.488) in Mountain West Conference
- 13-8 (.619) in Mountain West Tournament
- 20-9 (.690) in NCAA Tournament
- 10-5 (.667) in NIT