Gene Visscher

{{Short description|American basketball coach (1940–2022)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Gene Visscher

| image = Gene Visscher 1972.jpeg

| alt =

| caption = Visscher in 1972

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|11|23}}

| birth_place = Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|6|1940|11|23}}

| death_place = Michigan, U.S.

| player_years1 = 1964–1966

| player_team1 = Weber State

| player_positions =

| coach_years1 = 1968–1971

| coach_team1 = Weber State (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1971–1974

| coach_team2 = Weber State

| coach_years3 = 1981–1983

| coach_team3 = Northern Arizona

| overall_record = 74–74

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 2 Big Sky regular season (1972, 1973)

| awards = As coach:
2× Big Sky Coach of the Year (1972, 1973)
As player:
2× First-team All-Big Sky (1965, 1966)

| coaching_records =

}}

Eugene Visscher (November 23, 1940 – August 6, 2022) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Weber State University from 1971 to 1974 and at Northern Arizona University from 1981 to 1983.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/yuma-sun-jan-10-1983-p-14/ |title=Yuma Sun Newspaper Archives, Jan 10, 1983, p. 14 |publisher=Newspaperarchive.com |date=January 10, 1983 |accessdate=May 23, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/gene-visscher-1.html |title=Gene Visscher Coaching Record |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=May 23, 2019}}

A native of Muskegon, Michigan,[https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/muskegon/name/eugene-visscher-obituary?pid=202537232 Eugene Visscher] obituary he died in Michigan at the age of 81 on August 6, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.net/sports/weber-state/2022/aug/08/former-weber-state-basketball-player-coach-gene-visscher-dies-at-81/|title=Former Weber State basketball player, coach Gene Visscher dies at 81|first=Brett|last=Hain|work=Standard-Examiner|date=August 8, 2022|access-date=August 8, 2022}}