Eastern Washington University Athletics

Fisher played football for Eastern from 1967-70, and then established a football powerhouse at South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Wash., in the 80's and 90's. A 1967 graduate of Shadle Park High School in Spokane, Fisher earned Little All-Northwest honors as a cornerback in 1969 and 1970, and both seasons was also honored on the All-Evergreen Conference and All-NAIA District 1 teams. He was an honorable mention All-District 1 selection as a sophomore and played as a freshman in 1967 when Eastern finished 11-1 and advanced to the championship game of the NAIA Playoffs. Also Eastern's punter, he still owns the school record with 78 punts in 1968, which at the time were also Evergreen Conference and NAIA records. His 219 career punts were a school record for nearly 30 years before it was broken in 1997. He also competed in track and field as a long/triple jumper at Eastern, and four times he advanced to the NAIA Championships -- outdoors in 1969 and 1970, and indoors in 1970 and 1971. His best finish was fifth outdoors in 1970 with a long jump effort of 24-3 3/4 after setting a school record earlier in the season of 24-5 1/2. That mark stood as a school record for nine years and currently ranks fourth in school history. He also had a career-best triple jump of 45-7 3/4. Hired as a high school head coach at the young age of 23, he spent 23 seasons at South Kitsap where he had a 197-48 record (.804 winning percentage) and ended his career with 17-straight playoff appearances. When he left South Kitsap, he ranked in the top 20 all-time in the State of Washington in wins, and his winning percentage was sixth among coaches with at least 150 victories. South Kitsap won the WIAA State AAA championship in 1994, and was runner-up in 1982 and 1984. In his last 15 seasons, the Wolves won 14 league titles. In his final season at the helm in 1996, South Kitsap was 12-0 before losing in the State AAA semifinals to Richland. He left South Kitsap and returned to Spokane as vice principal and activities coordinator at North Central High School, and later helped his son Adam coach at East Valley High School in Spokane. Fisher was inducted into the Washington State Football Coaches Association in 1996 and the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. In December 1999, the Seattle Times selected him as one of the top five coaches in this history of high school football in the state of Washington. Fisher was one of the 13 defensive backs on Eastern's "100 for 100" All-Time Football Team released in June 2008 by the EWU Athletic Department. The overall "100 for 100" squad consisted of 100 of the top players in school history to help commemorate the 100th year of football at Eastern. Players were honored on Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame Day on Sept. 27, 2008, in conjunction with EWU's Big Sky Conference football game with Idaho State. Two of his players at South Kitsap -- Derek Strey and Kevin Peterson -- were also selected to that squad.