Adam Fisher, Assoc. Head Coach

Alma Mater

Penn State ’06

Season

Second

Hometown

Jamison, Pennsylvania

Family

Wife: Rebecca Daughter: Alivia

ADAM FISHER

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

Associate Head Coach Adam Fisher, a 2006 Penn State alumnus, returned to Happy Valley in March 2021 after six seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Miami and eight years overall with the Hurricane program. His résumé includes previous experience at Villanova, Boston University and Penn State.

Fisher played a key role in Penn State’s first-year success under Shrewsberry in 202122, helping 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.

Fisher, a Jamison, Pennsylvania native, 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 ranks 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 was key to one of the most successful spans in Miami 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 AllAmerican 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.