Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- fifed@ipfw.edu
- Phone:
- 481-6889
IPFW finished the ‘09 -’10 campaign with a record of 16-15. It also marked the fifth consecutive season in which IPFW tied or broke its record for wins at the D-I level. IPFW also advanced to The Summit League Postseason tournament for the third time since joining the conferernce three years ago. IPFW advanced to the tournament Semifinals with a 71-66 win over South Dakota State before falling to eventual conference tournament champion Oakland, 71-58.
The 2008-09 season saw Fife's Mastodons qualify for The Summit League Conference Tournament for the second straight year since joining the league. IPFW equaled its school mark of 13 wins as a Division I institution. Mastodon forward Deilvez Yearby was named the conference's Sixth Man of the Year. Fife's squad topped two-time defending Summit League Champion Oral Roberts, 76-65 on February 7, 2009. Fife also led IPFW to another signature win during the season as the Mastodons handed Head Coach Homer Drew's Valparaiso Crusaders their worst home defeat in 11 years with a 63-46 win at the Athletics-Recreation Center on December 11, 2008.In 2007-08 Fife guided the Mastodons to a Division-I school record 13 wins. In their first season of play in The Summit League, Fife's squad finished the conference campaign at an even .500 (9-9) and captured the school's first-ever conference tournament bid, and win, with a 66-62 win over Southern Utah in the Summit League Quarterfinals. IPFW would lead most of the way against eventual conference champion Oral Roberts, before falling to the top-seeded Golden Eagles in the Semifinals, 58-42.
Fife's former players continue to play basketball after their graduation from IPFW. Former fowards DeWitt Scott and Jaraun Burrows played professionally in 2008-09. Scott was a member of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Developemental League. Burrows played in Sweden for the Södertälje Kings. Burrows, Scott, and former guard Demetrius Johnson have all were invited to the 2009-10 NBDL Fort Wayne Mad Ants training camp.
As a player, Fife was the defensive catalyst behind Indiana's 2001-02 Big Ten co-champion and Final Four team. He broke the Hoosiers' career steals record (180) en route to league Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior. Fife also ranks among the Hoosiers' all-time top 20 in assists (307) and three-pointers (99), and his .478 three-point field goal percentage in 2001-02 is sixth on IU's single-season list. Fife also holds Indiana's single-season record for games started (37) and is tied for sixth in career games played (131)
Fife was the Gary Steelheads' first-round pick in the 2002 CBA Draft and started five of the 34 games in which he played. He averaged 3.4 points and one rebound per game.
Off the court, Coach Fife is a proud supporter of Camouflage Kids, an Indiana based non-profit organization that purchases college athletic event tickets for the families and children of our military.
In just five seasons, Fife has moved into third place all-time in men's basketball coaching wins at IPFW.
[The Fife File]
> Born: July 26, 1979 - Clarkston, Michigan
> High School: Clarkston High School (Wolves)
1998 McDonald’s All-American
> College: Indiana University, 1999-2002
> College Degrees: BS-Recreation MS-Athletic Administration
> College Honors: Big Ten Player of the Week, Nov. 26 2001
Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Year, 2002
2002 NCAA Championship Runner-up
> Professional Career: Continental Basketaball Association
2002 Gary Steelheads, Guard
> Coaching Career: Assistant Coach, Indiana University, 2002-04
Head Coach, IPFW, 2005-present (64-85 overall - 26-28 Summit League)
Currently third All-Time in wins.
> Family: Wife - Blair
Daughter - Quinnly Terran
