The assistant who helped recruit the Fab Five to Michigan and worked with Steve Fisher...
San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher reacts after guard Matt Bradley fouled Florida Atlantic guard Johnell Davis during the second half of a NCAA Tournament national semifinal game at NRG Stadium on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Houston.Assistant coaches tend to go from school-to-school, job-to-job, hoping to work their way up to a head coaching opportunity.
“The beauty of working for Coach Fisher, and I hope my coaches feel the same way, you have to be a good delegator, let them work so they feel contributing,” he said. “When I worked for Coach, I feel a lot of the success we had was based on what I was doing on the floor and in recruiting. So, I always felt I brought value to the program.
He stalked Juwan Howard for an entire month — from basketball camps, to Chicago city parks to high school gyms — and eventually he got him to commit. Well, after a home visit and dining on Howard’s grandmother’s greens.Dutcher was the one who ordered the iconic super-long shorts that those Wolverines brought into fashion.Instead, he stayed at Michigan for 10 years. Then he followed Fisher to San Diego and was named head-coach-in-waiting in 2011. His wait ended when Fisher retired in 2017.
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