Former Knicks coach Derek Fisher hired to lead Los Angeles high school team

Derek Fisher has 5 NBA titles to his title and has coached the Knicks and the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, and now he’ll attempt his hand at teaching highschool ball. 

Fisher was named head coach of the Crespi Carmelite Excessive College boy’s basketball staff on Monday, the college introduced. 

“We’re honored and excited to welcome Coach Fisher to the Crespi Household,” faculty athletic director Brian Bilek mentioned in a press release, according to KABC-TV. “Coach Fisher brings to Crespi his robust work ethic, management, and self-discipline which might be rooted in his Christian religion.”

The previous NBAer performed 18 seasons within the affiliation, most of which was spent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

He additionally hung out with the Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Dallas Mavericks. 

Fisher coached the Knicks in the course of the 2014-15 season and a part of the 2015-16 marketing campaign earlier than he was fired in February 2016. 

He went 40-96 throughout his time as coach in New York. 

He led the Sparks from 2019 by means of the early a part of the 2022 season.

Fisher had spent final 12 months teaching an Eighth-grade boys staff and a Staff Derek Fisher Membership ladies staff, according to high school sports reporter Tarek Fattal. 

Crespi Carmelite Excessive College is an all-boys faculty in Los Angeles and competes in one of many hardest leagues within the state of California.

The college has gained two state championships.

“Teaching and instructing is a real ardour,” Fisher mentioned in a press release. “And I look ahead to persevering with this deal with the following era of younger student-athletes. Go Crespi!!”

Present NBA gamers De’Anthony Melton, Brandon Williams and London Perrantes all performed at Crespi throughout their highschool days. 

This system was looking for a brand new coach after their former one, Andrew Moore, resigned in July after 4 years within the position.