Josh Fisher (basketball)

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Joshua Lee Fisher (born October 24, 1980) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He is a 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb)^[1] guard. He also has Spanish citizenship.

Josh Fisher

Personal information
Born	(1980-10-24) October 24, 1980 (age 44) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality	American / Spanish
Listed height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
High school	Mercer Island (Mercer Island, Washington)
College	Saint Louis (2000–2004)
NBA draft	2004: undrafted
Playing career	2004–2014
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career	2015–present
Career history
As a player:
2004	Pamesa Castellón
2004–2005	Pamesa Valencia
2005	CAI Zaragoza
2005–2006	Farho Gijón
2006	Real Madrid
2006–2007	Polaris World Murcia
2007–2008	Etosa Alicante
2008–2010	CB Gran Canaria
2010–2011	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
2011	Real Madrid
2011–2012	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
2012–2013	Asefa Estudiantes
2013	Fujian Xunxing
2014	Panelefsiniakos
As a coach:
2015–2016	UCAM Murcia (assistant)

College career

Fisher played college basketball for the Saint Louis Billikens.

Pro career

Fisher began his professional career in 2004 with the Spanish third division club Pamesa Castellón. He then joined the ACB club Pamesa Valencia later in 2004 for one month, before returning to Castellón. He then spent the next two seasons with second division clubs CAI Zaragoza and Farho Gijón before moving to ACB powerhouse Real Madrid for the second half of 2006.

He then spent half a season with Polaris World Murcia before moving to Etosa Alicante where they were relegated from the ACB at the end of 2007. Fisher remained for one more year with Alicante and then returned to the ACB where he spent two seasons with CB Gran Canaria until 2010, when he signed for Bizkaia Bilbao Basket. His spell in Bilbao lasted 3 games and then moved back to Real Madrid on a 3-month contract to replace the injured Pablo Prigioni,^[2] but returned to Bilbao until the end of the 2010–11 season, after his contract with Real Madrid expired.^[3]

On September 28, 2012, Fisher signed with Asefa Estudiantes.^[4]

In January 2014, he signed with Panelefsiniakos of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the 2013–14 season.^[5]

Coach career

Fisher started his coach career in 2015 as assistant coach of Fotios Katsikaris at Spanish UCAM Murcia.^[6]