Bill Fitch College coach

William Charles "Bill" Fitch (born May 19, 1934) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach who has been successful in making teams playoff contenders throughout his coaching career. Before entering the professional ranks he coached college ball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, and his alma mater, Coe College. Fitch's teams twice qualified for the NCAA tournament. He won the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2012–13 NBA season.Fitch was a U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor, a fact that Larry Bird credited in his book Drive: The Story of My Life as an important reason for Bird's own strong work ethic.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Fitch William Charles
Birth dateMay 19, 1934
Birth place
Davenport Iowa

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Coach

coached team
Coe College
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
University of North Dakota men's basketball
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Cleveland Cavaliers
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Clippers
Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
Creighton Bluejays men's basketball
Creighton Bluejays
overall record
181–115 (college basketball)
26–7 (college baseball)
55–54 (NBA playoffs)
944–1106 (NBA regular season)

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Bill Fitch on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/fitchbi99c.html