Adam Fisher (basketball)
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.jpg) Fisher in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Current position | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head Coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Temple | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | The American | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 49–51 (.490) | ||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | August 26, 1983 Jamison, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Penn State (2006) | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Villanova (GA) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Miami (FL) (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Penn State (AHC) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Temple | ||||||||||||||
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Boston Univ. (Director of Operations) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Penn State (Video Coordinator) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Penn State (Director of Player Personnel) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Miami (FL) (Director of Operations) | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 49–51 (.490) | ||||||||||||||
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Adam Fisher (born August 26, 1983) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Temple Owls men's basketball team. Prior to Temple, he was an assistant at Penn State and Miami.
Fisher is a native of Jamison, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, and is Jewish. He played high school basketball at Central Bucks East High School in Doylestown under Derek Wright, the brother of legendary Villanova men's basketball coach, Jay Wright.[1] A defensive specialist on the basketball court, Fisher always aimed to enter the world of coaching.[1] Fisher also played in the 2000 Junior Maccabiah Games and helped lead the Philadelphia team to the silver medal.[1]
Early career
Fisher began his career while getting a bachelor's degree in kinesiology in 2006 at Penn State, when he became the head student manager for the basketball team. He then became a graduate manager.[2]
Fisher moved to Villanova and worked under Jay Wright as a graduate manager, getting a master's degree in education leadership. During that time, the Wildcats reached the Final Four.[2]
Fisher then joined Pat Chambers as the director of basketball operations at Boston University, helping the Terriers to back-to-back 21-win seasons and a win in the 2011 America East Conference Championship.[3]
Fisher left Boston to return to Happy Valley, serving as the video coordinator under Ed DeChellis before being promoted to director of player development, reuniting with his old boss Pat Chambers.[4]
In 2013, Fisher moved to Miami, where he served as the director of operations for Jim Larranaga's Hurricanes where they advanced to the NIT Championship, and were ranked by AP and USA Today in the Top 10.[5]