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Panthers chipped away for the next couple of seasons and reached the NCAA Tournament in 2016, their first trip since 2004. Then, Fisher led the Panthers to three straight ACC conference titles in 2017, 2018, and 2019. In 2020, despite the Panthers finishing 3rd in conference play, they advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight, the program's highest ever finish.
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In his first season, the
Panthers began to show strength as they took then-No. 22 Purdue to five sets. He guided Pittsburgh to its highest totals in the following categories since 2009: hitting percentage (.230), kills/set (13.27), total kills (1725), assists/set (12.58), total assists (1635) and
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Fisher began his coaching career overseas, coaching Club
Volleyball Menen for the 1999–2000 season and later spent the 2003–04 season coaching the Volleyball Club Appenzell Gotten Girl's Youth in Switzerland. Fisher also coached the Club Santa Barbara 16's in 2002. Prior to becoming a head coach,
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Fisher had various assistant coaching roles with multiple teams including San
Francisco, Hawai'i, Pacific and the U.S. men's and women's national teams. He led the U.S. women's national team to a gold medal in the 2015 Pan American games and a bronze medal in the 2016 Pan American Cup.
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In 2021, Fisher led
Pittsburgh to the first NCAA final four appearance in school history. The team defeated UMBC, Penn State, Kansas, and Purdue leading up the final four before losing to Nebraska by a score of 3–1. Pittsburgh finished the season with a 30–4 record.
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In 2013, Fisher was named the head coach for the women's volleyball team at
Pittsburgh. When Fisher took the helm at Pittsburgh, they were not a program in contention for national rankings and had not reached an NCAA Tournament since 2004.
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In 2023, Pitt shared the ACC Championship with
Florida State, going 16–2 in conference play and advanced to its third consecutive NCAA Final Four. The Panthers defeated Louisville in a reverse sweep win the Elite Eight.
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In 2022, Pittsburgh was the Co-ACC champions with
Louisville, going 17–1 in conference play and advanced to its second straight NCAA final four, eliminating defending 2021 NCAA champion Wisconsin in the Elite Eight.
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and played for them until his graduation in 1999. After graduation, he played professionally in Europe for five years, including three in Spain and one season each in
Belgium and Switzerland.
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Professional Beach
Volleyball Tour earning a pair of 13th-place finishes. He also represented team USA on the indoor side during tournaments in Japan and France in 2000 and 2001.
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in 1999 with a major in sociology and minor in religious studies. In 2008, he returned to Pacific as an assistant coach on the men and women's team and simultaneously earned a
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match, winning the title in 2012. In his two years at Concordia, his teams went undefeated in conference play and had an overall 75–2 record.
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Fisher is married to Joni Fisher. They have a daughter, Eden, and son, Max. Fisher enjoys playing the guitar/ukulele in his spare time.
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invited him to serve as an assistant with Team USA at the 2012 Pan American Cup, where he also coached alongside Hall of Fame coach
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school. After leading Concordia to the NAIA National Championship in 2012, Division I interest quickly started to build in Fisher.
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3x AVCA East Region Coach of the Year (2017, 2018, 2022)
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Cal State Northridge Matadors men's volleyball players
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Fisher's first collegiate head coach job took him to
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16:American volleyball player and coach (born 1976)
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1236:Current women's volleyball head coaches of the
1574:San Francisco Dons women's volleyball coaches
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1579:Sportspeople from Santa Barbara, California
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392:NAIA Tournament Coach of the Year (2012)
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1085: Conference tournament champion
1046: National champion
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390:National Coach of the Year (2011)
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1133:"Dan Fisher - Pitt Profile"
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368:NAIA National Championship
357:Accomplishments and honors
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1108:"Dan Fisher AVP profile"
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721:NAIA National Runner-Up
201:Club Santa Barbara 16's
545:Fisher is a native of
487:2016 Pan-American Cup
661:Statistics overview
656:Head coaching record
574:Cal State Northridge
549:. He graduated from
531:Daniel Thomas Fisher
500:U21 Pan American Cup
344:Head coaching record
133:Cal State Northridge
68:Biographical details
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942:NCAA Regional Final
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424:Head coach for the
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786:Pittsburgh
754:75–2 (.974)
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681:Postseason
675:Conference
621:Mike Hebert
514:2023 Mexico
295:(Assistant)
245:(Assistant)
1513:Categories
1412:Pittsburgh
1407:Dan Fisher
1398:Notre Dame
1379:Joe Sagula
1365:Luka Slabe
1342:Louisville
1272:California
1094:References
766:Pittsburgh
631:Pittsburgh
304:Pittsburgh
79:1976-03-19
50:Conference
44:Pittsburgh
34:Head coach
20:Dan Fisher
1421:Sam Erger
678:Standing
325:2020–2021
310:2015–2016
272:2011–2012
261:2009–2011
250:2007–2009
221:2004–2007
206:2003–2004
181:1999–2000
149:2000–2001
139:1998–1999
119:1995–1996
1468:Virginia
1454:Syracuse
1440:Stanford
1370:NC State
672:Overall
518:{{{2}}}
1286:Clemson
666:Season
570:Hawai'i
551:Pacific
349:Overall
265:Hawai'i
225:Pacific
143:Pacific
123:Hawai'i
1030:Total:
493:Indoor
465:Indoor
431:
381:Awards
370:(2012)
60:Record
1356:Miami
1004:T–1st
992:2023
982:T–1st
970:2022
960:T–2nd
948:2021
926:2020
904:2019
882:2018
872:T–1st
860:2017
850:T–3rd
838:2016
820:2015
802:2014
789:19–14
783:2013
727:2012
705:2011
669:Team
386:NAIA/
30:Title
1300:Duke
1001:16–2
998:29–5
979:17–1
976:31–4
957:15–3
954:30–4
935:14–4
932:19–5
913:18–0
910:30–2
891:17–1
888:30–2
869:18–2
866:26–7
847:15–5
844:25–9
829:13–7
826:23–9
811:13–5
808:25–6
792:11–9
736:18–0
733:38–0
714:18–0
711:37–2
388:AVCA
282:2012
232:2007
198:2002
129:1997
73:Born
40:Team
1426:SMU
938:3rd
916:1st
894:1st
795:5th
739:1st
717:1st
585:AVP
374:ACC
372:5x
54:ACC
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1116:^
173:HC
107:MA
105:,
103:BA
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