Dan Ficke
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | MSU Denver |
| Conference | RMAC |
| Playing career | |
| 2005–2009 | Loyola (MD) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2010 | Boys' Latin School (MD) (assistant) |
| 2013–2015 | Loyola (MD) (assistant) |
| 2015–2019 | Denver (assistant) |
| 2019–2022 | Belmont Abbey |
| 2022–present | MSU Denver |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2010–2012 | Wake Forest (Asst. DBO) |
| 2012–2013 | Wake Forest (assistant to HC/recruiting coordinator) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 111–64 (.634) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Dan Ficke is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the MSU Denver Roadrunners men's basketball team.
Early life and playing career
[edit]Ficke grew up in Denver, Colorado and attended Regis Jesuit High School.[1] He played college basketball at Loyola Maryland.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]Ficke began his coaching career as the junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at the Boys' Latin School of Maryland while completing his MBA at Loyola. He then took a position as the assistant director of basketball operations at Wake Forest in 2010.[2] Ficke was promoted to assistant to the head coach and recruiting coordinator after one season. He was hired as an on-court assistant at Loyola Maryland in 2013.[3] Ficke spent two seasons as an assistant at his alma mater before being hired as an assistant at University of Denver in 2015.[4]
Ficke was hired as the head basketball coach at Belmont Abbey on July 19, 2019.[5] He went 61–25 overall as the Crusaders' head coach and Belmont Abbey won the Conference Carolinas tournament in 2021 and 2022.[6]
Ficke was hired as the head coach of the Metropolitan State University of Denver Roadrunners on April 21, 2022.[6]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Abbey Crusaders (Conference Carolinas) (2019–2022) | |||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Belmont Abbey | 21–10 | 14–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2020–2021 | Belmont Abbey | 18–5 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2021–2022 | Belmont Abbey | 22–10 | 17–7 | 3rd | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| Belmont Abbey: | 61–25 (.709) | 44–16 (.733) | |||||||
| MSU Denver Roadrunners (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022–2023 | MSU Denver | 12–17 | 9–13 | ||||||
| 2023–2024 | MSU Denver | 19–10 | 13–9 | ||||||
| 2024–2025 | MSU Denver | 19–10 | 13–7 | ||||||
| MSU Denver: | 50–39 (.562) | 35–29 (.547) | |||||||
| Total: | 111–64 (.634) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "DU hoops assistant Dan Ficke, former Nuggets assistant Bill Ficke honor the late JoAnn B. Ficke with 9/11 Day of Giving". The Denver Post. September 9, 2015.
- ^ a b "Wake Forest Adds Dan Ficke to Basketball Staff". GoDeacs.com. May 13, 2010.
- ^ Mundy, J.P. (May 7, 2013). "Ficke takes assistant coaching position at Loyola Maryland". BloggerSoDear.com. SB Nation. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
- ^ "Nate Rohnert and Dan Ficke Named Assistant Coaches". DenverPioneers.com. June 16, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
- ^ "Local Roundup: Belmont Abbey hires new basketball coach". The Gaston Gazette. July 19, 2019.
- ^ a b "Dan Ficke introduced as new MSU Denver men's basketball coach: "We're going to build with Colorado kids"". The Denver Post. April 21, 2022.