Richard Allen Fichtner (September 16, 1939 – April 17, 2018) was an American college basketball coach.

Fichtner came from Batesville, Indiana, and played four varsity sports at West Hills College Coalinga, then finished his college career playing baseball at UC Santa Barbara.

Dick Fichtner

In 1964, Fichtner became an assistant basketball coach for Occidental College. He was named head coach at Occidental in 1970. He led the Tigers for three seasons, compiling a 47–31 record. He left Occidental to become an assistant coach at Division I Pacific under head coach Stan Morrison in 1973, and in 1979 became head coach when Morrison left to take the coaching job at USC. He resigned from Pacific after compiling a 36–49 record over three seasons.

Dick Fichtner

Fichtner died on April 17, 2018, after a battle with bone cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

Dick Fichtner

References

External links

Coaching record @ sports-reference.com

1939 births

2018 deaths

American men's basketball coaches

American men's basketball players

Basketball coaches from Indiana

College men's basketball head coaches in the United States

Junior college men's basketball players in the United States

Occidental Tigers men's basketball coaches

Pacific Tigers men's basketball coaches

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball players

Deaths from bone cancer

Deaths from Alzheimer's disease