Walter Fisher has been hired as an assistant men’s basketball coach at North Idaho College.
Originally from Dolton, Illinois, Fisher was a three-sport all-state athlete while in high school with college offers in basketball, football, and track. He transferred back home after his father passed, he finished his career at Millikin University where he was a two-sport athlete in basketball and football. His basketball team advanced to conference and national tournaments his junior and senior seasons. Fisher graduated Cum Laude with a dual bachelor’s degree in marketing and management, and finance in 2009. Fisher went on to attend Thomas M. Cooley Law School pursuing a Juris Doctorate in Contractual Law.
In the grassroots community, Fisher co-founded Team RWA (Right Way Athletics) in 2015 and his program is regarded as one of the best independent programs in the country. He takes pride in the fact that RWA and its training has helped 70 former players earn basketball scholarships, while another five have gone on to play college football. Fisher has worked as a traveling coach for Nike combines and clinics. He is well renowned on the camp and clinic circuit working with John Lucas, Pangos, NBAPA, and advanced NBA player camps. Fisher is an experienced sports performance basketball trainer who utilizes his cutting edge program that has helped funnel seven different players onto national teams including one gold medal USA member.
Fisher completed four seasons as assistant men’s basketball coach at Governors State. Over the past three seasons, Fisher has recruited over 35 athletes which included filling a junior varsity team in less than two weeks. His past three classes have been ranked nationally and have had tremendous production for the Jaguars early into their careers. In 2019-20 Fisher assisted Coach Bates and Romeli with bench duties while also helping assemble the 2020-21 recruiting class, which included several Division I recruits ranking this class top-10 nationally.
