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May 19, 1934 Davenport, Iowa, United States 89 years old
American basketball coach
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About Bill Fitch
- William Charles Fitch (born May 19, 1932) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach who had been successful in developing a number of teams into playoff contenders.
- Before entering the professional ranks, he coached college basketball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, and his alma mater, Coe College.
- Fitch's teams twice qualified for the NCAA tournament.
- He won the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2012–13 NBA season.Fitch was a United States Marine Corps drill instructor, a fact that Larry Bird credited in his book Drive: The Story of My Life as an important reason for Bird's own strong work ethic.
- Bill Fitch was elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
