Ex-Knicks Coach Derek Fisher Hired by High School Team in Los Angeles

The former NBA player has landed a new gig in the coaching world.

After 18 seasons as an NBA player, two seasons as the Knicks coach and four seasons as the coach of the WNBA’s Sparks, Derek Fisher will be taking on a new role: high school boys basketball coach.

Fisher will take the coaching position at Crespi Carmelite High School in Los Angeles, KABC reported this week. The all-boys private school basketball team has won two state championships.

“Coaching and teaching is a true passion and I look forward to continuing this focus on the next generation of young student-athletes. Go Crespi!!” Fisher said, via a statement from the school.

This won’t be Fisher’s first time coaching a boy’s basketball team as he worked with an eighth grade team last year.

The majority of Fisher’s career was played with the Lakers, where he won five NBA titles. He retired as a player following the 2013–14 season with the Thunder.

Fisher went on to coach the Knicks for less than two seasons from 2014 to ’16 before he was fired in Feb. 2016. New York finished with a 40–96 record during his tenure and finished last in the Eastern Conference during his first year with the franchise.

After a few years off, Fisher began leading the Sparks from 2019 until part way through the 2022 season. The team went 54–46 in that span.