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Steve Fisher Retires as SDSU Coach, Will Be Replaced by Brian Dutcher

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San Diego State basketball coach Steve Fisher retired Monday after 18 years with the program, per Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Brian Dutcher will take over as the team's new head coach after being the "head coach in waiting since 2011." He has been an assistant under Fisher since his time in Michigan.

Fisher, 72, led Michigan to a national championship in 1989 and was the architect behind the Fab Five teams that went to back-to-back Final Fours in 1992-93.

He eventually joined San Diego State in 1999, taking over a team that went just 4-22 the previous season and had never won an NCAA tournament game.