Adam Fisher - Men's Basketball Coach

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Adam Fisher

Title:
Head Coach

ADAM FISHER
Hometown	Jamison, Pa.
College	Penn State '06
Family	Wife: Rebecca
Family	Children: Alivia
Coaching Experience
Year	School, Position
2023-	Temple, HC
2021-23	Penn State, Associate Head Coach
2015-21	Miami (Fla.), Assistant Coach
2011-15	Penn State, Video Coordinator/Director of Player Development
2009-11	Boston College, Director of Basketball Operations
2007-09	Villanova, Graduate Assistant

Adam Fisher enters his third season as the head coach of Temple men’s basketball in 2025-26.

The Owls made significant progress in Fisher’s second season, improving their regular-season win total by five and adding four additional victories in AAC play. Temple's offense stood out, setting a new program record of 78.8 points per game. Defending the Liacouras Center with pride, the Owls boasted a 12-2 record on North Broad Street, defeating No. 18 Memphis and North Texas. Temple became the only AAC team to beat the top two seeded conference teams in the regular season. With 17 wins, Fisher is tied for the second-most wins through two seasons at Temple (33).

Temple excelled at the free-throw line in 2024-25, ranking third nationally in free throws made per game and fourth in free-throw attempts, leading the conference in both categories.

Fisher landed Jamal Mashburn Jr., a three-time All-Mountain West standout, through the transfer portal. Mashburn thrived in his lone season in the Cherry and White, earning spots on the All-AAC Second Team and the AAC Newcomer Team. Prior to an injury that caused him to miss nine of the final 10 games of the season, Mashburn Jr. ranked second nationally in points per game (22.0) and led the conference in scoring. He became the first NABC All-District First Team selection at Temple since 2019-20. Aiden Tobiason was also recognized on the AAC All-Freshman Team, highlighting the the top-ranked AAC recruiting class by Rivals in 2024.

In his first season with Temple, the Owls won 16 games and advanced to the AAC Championship game for the first time, making an impressive run winning four games in four days. Included in the stretch were victories against third-seeded Charlotte and second-seeded Florida Atlantic. The Owls valued the ball, finishing 31st nationally at just 9.9 turnovers per game. Temple had 22 games with 10 giveaways or less with a season low of two against UTSA on March 10, the third fewest at any level of NCAA competition this season. TU also did a better job of taking the ball off its opponents, coming away with 7.4 steals per game, more than two per game higher than the previous year and its most since 2018-19. Team 128 was second in program history, connecting on 296 threes.

Multiple players were honored throughout the season. Steve Settle III was one of two Owls named to the AAC All-Tournament Team and Temple set a tournament record for most three-pointers made with 37. Zion Stanford was named to the AAC All-Freshman Team and was named Freshman of the Week twice. Jordan Riley and Matteo Picarelli were recognized for their work in the classroom as well as on the court as the duo was selected as CSC Academic All-District, the first such honorees for the Owls since 2012-13.

Adam Fisher was named the 19th head coach in Temple University history on March 29, 2023.

A 2006 Penn State alumnus, Fisher was instrumental in helping the Nittany Lions win 23 games in 2022-23, including five straight games before falling to No. 5 Purdue, 67-65 in the finals of the Big Ten tournament. Penn State would earn an at-large bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament and, as the #10-seed, defeated seven-seed Texas A&M (76-59) before ending its season against second-seed Texas (71-66).

In 2021-22, his first year under then coach Micah Shrewsberry, he helped guide the Nittany Lions to a number of statement wins and a thrilling postseason run in the Big Ten Tournament. Penn State owned the best scoring defense in the Big Ten, as the Nittany Lions allowed just 65.0 points per game – Penn State's best defensive mark in 11 years.

A Jamison, Pa. native, he was integral in signing the highest ranked recruiting class in Penn State men's basketball history in November 2021, less than eight months into Shrewsberry's tenure in Happy Valley. The 2022 signing class ranked as a consensus top-30 class in the nation by all major recruiting services.

Fisher was also invited to participate in TopConnect 2021, the national networking program for the nation's top assistant coaches.

Prior to his return to Penn State, Fisher served as an assistant coach at the University of Miami where was key to one of the most successful spans in Hurricane basketball history. The Hurricanes recorded four-straight 20-win seasons and four-straight postseason appearances from 2014-15 through 2017-18 with NBA Draft selections in three consecutive years and numerous All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) accolades during Fisher's tenure.

The four consecutive postseason berths included Miami's trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2015-16, a season that witnessed victories over five ranked teams and 13 conference wins to tie for second in the ACC. The 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons added to the Hurricanes' successful run with NCAA Tournament appearances, a 10-0 mark to start the 2017-18 season and then a top-three finish in the 2018 ACC standings.

Fisher was part of a Miami coaching staff that was one of only two ACC programs (Duke) to produce NBA Draft picks in consecutive years in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Two Hurricanes, Lonnie Walker IV, a first-round selection, and Bruce Brown Jr., a second-round pick, heard their names called in 2018. Dewan Hernandez was a 2019 NBA draftee.

Those results followed the Hurricanes' efforts in bringing in top-15 recruiting classes in back-to-back seasons in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Walker was one of three ESPN Top 100 players to ink with Miami in 2017-18. Walker IV (ESPN No. 13), a McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic All-America guard, joined guard Chris Lykes (No. 48), forward Deng Gak (No. 94) and New Zealander Sam Waardenburg in the class, ranked top 10 by 247Sports, ESPN and Scout.

In 2016-17, the staff signed High School All-Americans Hernandez (McDonald's), Brown Jr. (Jordan Brand Classic), Australian standout Dejan Vasiljevic and Rodney Miller Jr. from national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy (Va.). Both Hernandez and Brown were consensus five-star, top-30 recruits.

During Fisher's time in Coral Gables, the Hurricanes earned 20 all-conference laurels, including honors for sophomore guard Isaiah Wong as a member of the 2020-21 All-ACC third team and 2021 ACC All-Tournament Team. Davon Reed, earned third-team All-ACC and All-Defensive Team accolades, and was recognized for excellence on and off the court as the winner of the 2017 Skip Prosser Award. The Prosser Award is presented annually to the top scholar-athlete in ACC men's basketball. Reed went on to be selected 32nd overall in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns.

Other highlights included the Hurricanes' appearances in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls with rankings in the top 10 and among the top 25, sell-out crowds at the Watsco Center, and the second triple-double in program history by Brown Jr. (11 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists).

Miami's 22 wins during the 2017-18 season included 11 conference victories and a third-place finish in ACC play. In 2016-17, Miami defeated three ranked teams, downing No. 9/6 North Carolina and No. 10/11 Duke in Coral Gables, as well as No. 18/19 Virginia on the road.

Miami recorded 27 overall wins in 2015-16, its second-highest total in school history. Fisher and the basketball staff celebrated 2016 ACC Coach of the Year Jim Larrañaga as the Hurricanes ended the 2015-16 season ranked No. 10 by the Associated Press and No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll after a school-record 18-straight weeks in the top 25 and 14 weeks in the top 15. The win total included five over ranked teams: No. 3 Virginia, No. 11 Louisville, No. 16 Utah, No. 22/20 Butler and No. 24/20 Duke.

The Canes posted, at the time, the second-most wins in program history with 25 in 2014-15. The win column included an impressive 16-point victory over fourth-ranked and eventual national champion Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium as Miami was the only team to defeat the Blue Devils at home that year. Miami also defeated both No. 8/7 Florida and Syracuse on their home courts, two of Canes' 10 regular-season wins away from home. Postseason play added to the win total as Miami advanced to the NIT Championship game in Madison Square Garden.

Fisher joined the Hurricane program after gaining experience on the basketball staffs at Boston University and Penn State. As the director of basketball operations for Boston University for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons, he helped the Terriers to back-to-back 21-win seasons and postseason appearances. BU won the 2011 America East Conference Championship and advanced to its first NCAA Tournament berth in nearly a decade. The previous year, the Terriers reached the semifinals of the 2010 CBI Tournament.

In 2011, Fisher returned to his alma mater as the Nittany Lions' video coordinator and was promoted to the director of player development position in 2012.

Fisher earned his master's degree in education leadership in 2009 while working as a graduate manager for Villanova under Jay Wright from 2007-09. During that time, the Wildcats reached the Sweet 16 in 2008 and won the East Regional in 2009 to advance to the Final Four with a then-school-record 30 wins.

Fisher graduated from Penn State with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology in 2006. While there, he worked for three seasons as head student manager and one season as a graduate manager. Fisher assisted with player workouts, handled administrative duties and helped with team travel.

Fisher and his wife, Rebecca, have a daughter, Alivia.

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