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team.

Playing career

Fischer played college basketball at

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, where he graduated in the top 10 in career steals and assists while helping guide the Bombers to an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Coaching career

Upon graduation, Fischer entered the coaching ranks, taking an assistant coaching position at

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under

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, where the Ephs reached the national championship game of the 2004 NCAA Division III Tournament. In 2005, Fischer headed to the Division I ranks joining the coaching staff at Rider, where he stayed until 2008 before reuniting with Paulsen who had taken the head coaching position at Bucknell. While on staff with the Bison, Fischer was part of two NCAA Tournament squads and four

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regular season championship teams. In 2015, Fischer followed Paulsen to

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to serve as assistant coach. On April 2, 2019, Fischer was named the 31st head men's basketball coach in William & Mary history, replacing

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Head coaching record

References

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