Dick Fichtner

{{Short description|American basketball coach (1939–2018)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|9|16}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|4|17|1939|9|16}}

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| player_years1 = 1958–1960

| player_team1 = West Hills

| player_years2 = 1960–1962

| player_team2 = UC Santa Barbara

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| coach_years1 = 1964–1970

| coach_team1 = Occidental (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1970–1973

| coach_team2 = Occidental

| coach_years3 = 1973–1979

| coach_team3 = Pacific (CA) (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1979–1982

| coach_team4 = Pacific (CA)

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Richard Allen Fichtner (September 16, 1939 – April 17, 2018) was an American college basketball coach.

Fichtner came from Batesville, Indiana, and played four varsity sports at West Hills College Coalinga, then finished his college career playing baseball at UC Santa Barbara.{{cite news|title=Richard Allen Fichtner obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/richard-fichtner-obituary?pid=188801364&view=guestbook|access-date=May 1, 2018|work=Legacy.com|date=April 18, 2018}}

In 1964, Fichtner became an assistant basketball coach for Occidental College. He was named head coach at Occidental in 1970. He led the Tigers for three seasons, compiling a 47–31 record.{{cite news|title=2 Named Assistants|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/334596993|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|date=July 10, 1973|page=50|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = May 1, 2018}} {{Open access}} He left Occidental to become an assistant coach at Division I Pacific under head coach Stan Morrison in 1973, and in 1979 became head coach when Morrison left to take the coaching job at USC. He resigned from Pacific after compiling a 36–49 record over three seasons.

Fichtner died on April 17, 2018, after a battle with bone cancer and Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|last1=Woodard|first1=Nick|title=Longtime Pacific basketball coach dies at 78|url=http://www.recordnet.com/news/20180418/longtime-pacific-basketball-coach-dies-at-78|access-date=May 2, 2018|work=The Stockton Record|date=April 18, 2018}}