SAN DIEGO -- Steve Fisher will always be the "Michigan man" who was promoted to head coach on the eve of the 1989 NCAA tournament and led the Wolverines to the national title.
He coached the Fab Five.
And then he went off and did something few people thought was possible. He put San Diego State on the college basketball map.
Fisher announced his retirement from coaching Tuesday after spending 18 seasons at SDSU, which he turned from a laughingstock into a West Coast power.
Fisher, 72, said it was simply time to step away and hand over the program to his longtime assistant, Brian Dutcher.