Richard Allen Fichtner (September 16, 1939 – April 17, 2018) was an American college basketball coach.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1939-09-16)September 16, 1939 |
Died | April 17, 2018(2018-04-17) (aged 78) |
Playing career | |
1958–1960 | West Hills |
1960–1962 | UC Santa Barbara |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1964–1970 | Occidental (assistant) |
1970–1973 | Occidental |
1973–1979 | Pacific (CA) (assistant) |
1979–1982 | Pacific (CA) |
Fichtner came from Batesville, Indiana and played four varsity sports at West Hills College Coalinga, then finished his college career playing baseball at UC Santa Barbara.[1]
In 1964, Fichtner became an assistant basketball coach for Occidental College. He was named head coach at Occidental in 1970. He led the Tigers for three seasons, compiling a 47–31 record.[2] Fichtner left Occidental to become an assistant coach at Division I Pacific under head coach Stan Morrison in 1973, and in 1979 became head coach when Morrison left to take the coaching job at USC. Fichtner resigned from Pacific after compiling a 36–49 record over three seasons.
Fichtner died on April 17, 2018 after a battle with bone cancer and Alzheimer's disease.[1][3]
Pacific Tigers men's basketball head coaches | |
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# denotes interim head coach |