Men's Basketball
Fish, Brian
Brian Fish
- Title:
- Director of Player Development
- Email:
- bfish@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-542-1432
Brian Fish, who sports more than three decades of experience in Division I basketball, joined the staff for the Georgia Bulldogs as Director of Player Development in 2019. Fish sports a long and consistent record of winning basketball at the highest level. He has helped seven programs reach the NCAA Tournament player or a coach. All told, 18 of 35 teams he has been associated with advanced to postseason play when contested.
Prior to arriving in Athens, Fish spent the five seasons as the head coach at Montana State from 2014-19, where he led the Bobcats to numerous team and individual offensive milestones.
On Feb. 11, 2016, during Fish’s second season in Bozeman, Montana State connected on 25 3-pointers against Northern Arizona, the third-most ever in NCAA Division I history. In 2016-17, Fish led the Bobcats to their most wins since 2002. That same season, Montana State finished ranked among national leaders in scoring offense (No. 35 at 80.0 ppg) and 3-pointers (No. 10 at 10.0 3pg). In 2019, Montana State led the Big Sky Conference in scoring in league games (81.8 ppg), and the Bobcats won their first Big Sky tourney victory in a decade years.
Fish is the only coach in Big Sky Conference history to sign and coach consecutive Big Sky Freshman of the Year award winners (Tyler Hall in 2015-16, Harald Frey in 2016-17). Hall and Frey went on to finish ranked No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, among Montana State’s career scoring leaders. Hall broke the Bobcats’ 59-year-old career scoring record and became just the 69th Division I player to reach the 2,500-point plateau. He finished his career with a Big Sky-record 2,518 points and ranked No. 9 in NCAA D-I history in career 3-pointers made with 431.
Fish’s impact at Montana State continued after he departed when former Bobcat Kelgin Blevins joined the Portland Trail Blazers in 2020 to become the program’s first player ever to play in an NBA regular-season game.
Fish’s career path includes a combined 25 seasons on the staffs at Oregon, Creighton, San Diego, TCU, Kansas State and Marshall. During that span, those schools earned bids to seven NCAA Tournaments, seven NITs and one CBI. In addition, he was a standout player at Western Kentucky and Marshall.
From 2010-14. Fish was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Oregon. The Ducks compiled 97 victories and reached postseason play all four seasons, highlighted by a trip to the NCAA ”Sweet 16” in 2013.
Fish spent a combined eight seasons during two stints at Creighton, serving as an assistant coach from 2005-09 after being the Bluejays’ film coordinator from 1994-96. Creighton earned five postseason bids with Fish as an assistant coach, with trips to the 2005 and 2007 NCAA Tournaments and bids to the 2006, 2008 and 2009 NITs.
Between his time in Omaha, Fish was on the staffs at TCU and San Diego from 1996-2004. In six campaigns with the Horned Frogs from 1996-02, TCU reached the 1998 NCAA Tournament and the 1997 and 1999 NITs. Fish’s tenure at San Diego included one season as an assistant coach and another as associate head coach. The Toreros won the 2003 West Coast Conference title to secure an NCAA bid.
Fish was film coordinator for Kansas State teams that reached the 1993 NCAAs and 1994 NIT. He began his coaching career at Marshall, his alma mater, where he was a graduate assistant during the 1989-90 campaign before being promoted to assistant coach for two seasons.
A native of Seymour, Ind., Fish played for two seasons (1984-86) at Western Kentucky, helping the Hilltoppers to a 23-8 record and an NCAA Tournament bid as a sophomore. He transferred to Marshall, and during his time there the Thundering Herd compiled a 64-29 record, including a pair of NCAA appearances and two Southern Conference titles.
In 2009, Fish was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team along with 16 other former Indiana high school basketball standouts and Hoosier legends, a class that also included Steve Alford, Gregg Popovich and Scott Skiles.
Fish, who earned his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from Marshall in 1989, and his wife Melyssa reside in Athens.
Prior to arriving in Athens, Fish spent the five seasons as the head coach at Montana State from 2014-19, where he led the Bobcats to numerous team and individual offensive milestones.
On Feb. 11, 2016, during Fish’s second season in Bozeman, Montana State connected on 25 3-pointers against Northern Arizona, the third-most ever in NCAA Division I history. In 2016-17, Fish led the Bobcats to their most wins since 2002. That same season, Montana State finished ranked among national leaders in scoring offense (No. 35 at 80.0 ppg) and 3-pointers (No. 10 at 10.0 3pg). In 2019, Montana State led the Big Sky Conference in scoring in league games (81.8 ppg), and the Bobcats won their first Big Sky tourney victory in a decade years.
Fish is the only coach in Big Sky Conference history to sign and coach consecutive Big Sky Freshman of the Year award winners (Tyler Hall in 2015-16, Harald Frey in 2016-17). Hall and Frey went on to finish ranked No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, among Montana State’s career scoring leaders. Hall broke the Bobcats’ 59-year-old career scoring record and became just the 69th Division I player to reach the 2,500-point plateau. He finished his career with a Big Sky-record 2,518 points and ranked No. 9 in NCAA D-I history in career 3-pointers made with 431.
Fish’s impact at Montana State continued after he departed when former Bobcat Kelgin Blevins joined the Portland Trail Blazers in 2020 to become the program’s first player ever to play in an NBA regular-season game.
Fish’s career path includes a combined 25 seasons on the staffs at Oregon, Creighton, San Diego, TCU, Kansas State and Marshall. During that span, those schools earned bids to seven NCAA Tournaments, seven NITs and one CBI. In addition, he was a standout player at Western Kentucky and Marshall.
From 2010-14. Fish was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Oregon. The Ducks compiled 97 victories and reached postseason play all four seasons, highlighted by a trip to the NCAA ”Sweet 16” in 2013.
Fish spent a combined eight seasons during two stints at Creighton, serving as an assistant coach from 2005-09 after being the Bluejays’ film coordinator from 1994-96. Creighton earned five postseason bids with Fish as an assistant coach, with trips to the 2005 and 2007 NCAA Tournaments and bids to the 2006, 2008 and 2009 NITs.
Between his time in Omaha, Fish was on the staffs at TCU and San Diego from 1996-2004. In six campaigns with the Horned Frogs from 1996-02, TCU reached the 1998 NCAA Tournament and the 1997 and 1999 NITs. Fish’s tenure at San Diego included one season as an assistant coach and another as associate head coach. The Toreros won the 2003 West Coast Conference title to secure an NCAA bid.
Fish was film coordinator for Kansas State teams that reached the 1993 NCAAs and 1994 NIT. He began his coaching career at Marshall, his alma mater, where he was a graduate assistant during the 1989-90 campaign before being promoted to assistant coach for two seasons.
A native of Seymour, Ind., Fish played for two seasons (1984-86) at Western Kentucky, helping the Hilltoppers to a 23-8 record and an NCAA Tournament bid as a sophomore. He transferred to Marshall, and during his time there the Thundering Herd compiled a 64-29 record, including a pair of NCAA appearances and two Southern Conference titles.
In 2009, Fish was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team along with 16 other former Indiana high school basketball standouts and Hoosier legends, a class that also included Steve Alford, Gregg Popovich and Scott Skiles.
Fish, who earned his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from Marshall in 1989, and his wife Melyssa reside in Athens.
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