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per NCAA.com:
Bill Fitch (coach)
Fitch worked his way up the coaching ranks from Division III all the way to the pros. Long before he won an NBA title as the head coach of the Boston Celtics in 1981, Fitch was coaching college teams all over. He got his start as an assistant at Creighton, then was the head coach of Division III Coe College, and then coached North Dakota University, which was then a Division II school. Fitch took North Dakota to back-to-back Division II Final Fours in 1965 and 1966, and then coached Bowling Green to a regular season MAC title and an NCAA tournament appearance. Fitch then spent two seasons coaching the Minnesota Gophers before landing his first NBA job with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...llege-careers-2019-basketball-hall-fame-class
Go Gophers!!
Bill Fitch (coach)
Fitch worked his way up the coaching ranks from Division III all the way to the pros. Long before he won an NBA title as the head coach of the Boston Celtics in 1981, Fitch was coaching college teams all over. He got his start as an assistant at Creighton, then was the head coach of Division III Coe College, and then coached North Dakota University, which was then a Division II school. Fitch took North Dakota to back-to-back Division II Final Fours in 1965 and 1966, and then coached Bowling Green to a regular season MAC title and an NCAA tournament appearance. Fitch then spent two seasons coaching the Minnesota Gophers before landing his first NBA job with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...llege-careers-2019-basketball-hall-fame-class
Go Gophers!!