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- Birth nameBilly Charles Fitch
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- William Charles Fitch is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach who had been successful in developing a number of teams into playoff contenders. Before entering the professional ranks, he coached college basketball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, and his alma mater, Coe College. Fitch's teams twice qualified for the NCAA tournament. He won the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2012-13 NBA season.- IMDb Mini Biography By: NBA
- Bill Fitch is an American NBA coach. He coached college basketball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, Coe College. Fitch's teams twice qualified for the NCAA tournament.
Fitch was a United States Marine Corps drill instructor, a fact that Larry Bird credited in his book Drive: The Story of My Life as an important reason for Bird's own strong work ethic. Bill Fitch was elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
During his 25-year pro coaching career, Bill Fitch was often hired in an attempt to improve failing teams. Although Fitch ranks tenth among NBA coaches in all-time number of victories (with 944), he is ranked second in all-time losses (with 1,106) behind Lenny Wilkens. In 1996 Fitch was named one of the NBA's Ten Greatest Coaches of All-Time. In 2016, Fitch was honored with an honorary bench by the Hall of Fame, which surrounds a statue of James Naismith along with other granite benches in honor of great coaches.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bazza the Beast
- Head Baseball Coach and Assistant Basketball Coach at Creighton University (1956-1958).
- Head Basketball Coach at Coe College (1958-1962 - record: 44-40).
- Head Basketball Coach at U. of North Dakota (1962-1967 - record: 94-45).
- Head Basketball Coach at Bowling Green (1967-1968 - record: 18-7).
- Head Basketball Coach at U. of Minnesota (1968-1970 - record: 25-23).
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