Josh Fisher (basketball)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 24, 1980 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American / Spanish |
| Listed height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Listed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Mercer Island (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| College | Saint Louis (2000–2004) |
| NBA draft | 2004 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2004–2014 |
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| Coaching career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2004 | Pamesa Castellón |
| 2004–2005 | Pamesa Valencia |
| 2005 | CAI Zaragoza |
| 2005–2006 | Farho Gijón |
| 2006 | Real Madrid |
| 2006–2007 | Polaris World Murcia |
| 2007–2008 | Etosa Alicante |
| 2008–2010 | CB Gran Canaria |
| 2010–2011 | Bizkaia Bilbao Basket |
| 2011 | Real Madrid |
| 2011–2012 | Bizkaia Bilbao Basket |
| 2012–2013 | Asefa Estudiantes |
| 2013 | Fujian Xunxing |
| 2014 | Panelefsiniakos |
| As coach: | |
| 2015–2016 | UCAM Murcia (assistant) |
Josh Fisher (born October 24, 1980) is an American retired basketball player and a current coach. He is a 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb.)[1] guard. He also has Spanish citizenship.
College career
Fisher played college basketball at Saint Louis University with the Saint Louis Billikens.
Pro career
Fisher began his professional career in 2004 with the Spanish third division club Pamesa Castellón. He then joined the ACB club Pamesa Valencia later in 2004 for one month, before returning to Castellón. He then spent the next two seasons with second division clubs CAI Zaragoza and Farho Gijón before moving to ACB powerhouse Real Madrid for the second half of 2006.
He then spent half a season with Polaris World Murcia before moving to Etosa Alicante where they were relegated from the ACB at the end of 2007. Fisher remained for one more year with Alicante and then returned to the ACB where he spent two seasons with CB Gran Canaria until 2010, when he signed for Bizkaia Bilbao Basket. His spell in Bilbao lasted 3 games and then moved back to Real Madrid on a 3-month contract to replace the injured Pablo Prigioni,[2] but returned to Bilbao until the end of the 2010-11 season, after his contract with Real Madrid expired.[3]
On September 28, 2012, Fisher signed with Asefa Estudiantes.[4]
In January 2014, he signed with Panelefsiniakos of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[5]
Coach career
Fisher started his coach career in 2015 as assistant coach of Fotios Katsikaris at Spanish UCAM Murcia.[6]
References
- ↑ ACB.com player profile
- ↑ Announcement of Fisher's Madrid return Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Josh Fisher ha asegurado tras su vuelta al Bizkaia Bilbao Basket que la oferta hasta final de temporada fue lo que le convenció para regresar al conjunto vizcaíno (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Asefa Estudiantes inks Josh Fisher". Sportando.net. September 28, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Panelefsiniakos signs Josh Fisher". sportando.com. January 29, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Josh Fisher y Francis Sánchez serán los ayudantes de Fotis Katsikaris" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 21 June 2015.