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
Ficke grew up in Denver, Colorado and attended Regis Jesuit High School.[1] He played college basketball at Loyola Maryland.[2]
Coaching career
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
| 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
- ^ "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.