Fischer Chosen As Region Coach Of The Year

UW-Oshkosh's Brad Fischer has been selected as the NCAA Division III Central Region Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Fischer and the seven other regional Coaches of the Year are now finalists for the WBCA Division III Coach of the Year.

The other seven coaches to garner Coach of the Year honors were Bob Amsberry from Wartburg College (Iowa) in the West Region, Michelle Filander from Austin College (Texas) in the South, Jeff Hans from Thomas More University (Ky.) in the Great Lakes, Mike Miller from Messiah College (Pa.) in the Middle Atlantic, Fred Richter from DeSales University (Pa.) in the Atlantic, James Seward from State University of New York at New Paltz in the East, and Adrienne Shibles from Bowdoin College (Maine) in the Northeast.

Fischer led UW-Oshkosh to the WIAC outright regular season and postseason titles this season before advancing to the third round of the Division III Championship. The Titans finished atop the league standings and won the WIAC Championship in the same season for the second time and first since the conference tournament debuted in 1999.

Fischer helped a program-record five Titans achieve All-WIAC honors this season as UW-Oshkosh won the league title by two games. UW-Oshkosh went into the NCAA postseason ranked 13th in the nation by D3hoops.com. The Titans have been among the top 25 teams in the D3hoops.com poll during 74 of the past 80 weekly polls.

Fischer's 2018-19 team posted a 26-4 record and won the NCAA Division III Championship Oshkosh Regional title. The Titans won their WIAC-leading 13th regular season title led the WIAC in scoring defense (49.1), average scoring (+17.4) and rebounding (+6.4) margins, field goal percentage (.431), turnovers per game (12.7) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.16). The Titans' scoring defense and turnovers per game ranked ninth and 10th, respectively, in the country.

Fischer, who sports a 165-37 record in his seven years at UW-Oshkosh, has guided the Titans to the NCAA Division III Championship five of the past six seasons. UW-Oshkosh also advanced to the third round of the national tournament in 2014 and 2017, and to the second round in both 2015 and 2016.

Fischer previously earned 2014 Central Region Coach of the Year honors from D3hoops.com as well as WIAC Coach of the Year plaudits in 2013, 2017 and 2019. Fischer helped UW-Oshkosh win the 2017 and 2019 WIAC regular season titles in addition to league tournament championships in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019.

Fischer has led UW-Oshkosh to at least 20 victories during each of his seven seasons, marking the second time in conference history that a program has won 20 or more games in at least seven consecutive years. His 165 wins ranks 11th on the WIAC's all-time coaching list while his .817 winning percentage is third best among conference coaches with at least 70 wins.