Dave Fish
College: Harvard 1972
Title: The Scott Mead '77 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Tennis
Experience: 34th Season
Phone: (617) 495-3676
David Fish,
the Scott Mead '77 Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Tennis,
completed his 34th season in 2009-10. Fish has brought Harvard to
the forefront of men's tennis and into the national limelight since
being named head coach in 1976. The Crimson is consistently in the
chase for the Ivy League title and among the top teams in the
country.
In his 34 seasons at
Harvard, Fish has amassed an impressive 537-250-1 overall record
for a .682 winning percentage. Fish is the winningest men's tennis
coach in Harvard history, surpassing mentor and Crimson legend Jack
Barnaby's previous record of 371 wins. His squads are a dominant
242-32 (.883) in Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association/Ivy
League play and have won five of the last 12 EITA/Ivy titles, as
well as 19 of the last 30 conference crowns.
Fish has guided Harvard
into the NCAA Championships 19 times, including 10 consecutive
seasons from 1990 to 1999. He coached Harvard to its first ever
NCAA Tournament victory with a 5-4 win over Drake in 1992, and has
coached the Crimson to 12 total NCAA tourney wins.
Just the third coach in the history of Harvard men's tennis, Fish
was named the 1993, 1998 and 2008 ITA Regional Coach of the Year.
He has tutored 14 All-Americans during his tenure, including James
Blake (singles and doubles) and Kunj Majmudar `99 (doubles) in
1999. Most recently, Jonathan Chu '05 earned All-America status in
both singles and doubles play when he advanced to the NCAA
semifinals in both brackets. Chu's doubles partner, Ashwin Kumar
'08, also earned All-America status.
A 1972 graduate of Harvard, Fish played on three national
championship squash teams and one Ivy Champion tennis team with the
Crimson. Fish served as captain for both the tennis and squash
teams.