George Fisher | |
Birth Date: | 9 July 1924 |
Birth Place: | Greenbrier, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1945–1948 |
Player Team1: | Austin Peay |
Coach Years1: | 1962–1971 |
Coach Team1: | Austin Peay |
Admin Years1: | 1972–1977 |
Admin Team1: | Austin Peay |
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George D. Fisher (July 9, 1924 – December 20, 2014) was an American college basketball coach and athletic administrator at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Fisher, a native of Greenbrier, Tennessee, also attended Austin Peay and played baseball, basketball and football at the school. In 1962, he was named head basketball coach at his alma mater, where he shepherded the program into Division I status and coached the first African-American player in school history.[1] [2]
Following the close of his coaching career, Fisher became the Athletic director at the school and served in this capacity until 1977.[3]