2013-14 Bucknell Men's Basketball Media Guide - Bucknell Athletics

PERSONAL
Date of Birth: Sept. 14, 1964
Wife: Kathy
Children: Claire (18), Sara (14), Molly (11)
Dave Paulsen resume
EDUCATION
B.A., cum laude, with departmental honors in history, Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College, 1987
M.A., history, University of Michigan, December 1993
HEAD COACHING CAREER
Year School W L Pct.
1994-95 St. Lawrence 10 15 .400
1995-96 St. Lawrence 18 9 .667 NCAA Tournament
1996-97 St. Lawrence 22 4 .846 UCAA Champions, NCAA Tournament
St. Lawrence Totals 50 28 .641
1997-98 Le Moyne 20 8 .714
1998-99 Le Moyne 13 14 .481
1999-2000 Le Moyne 9 17 .346
LeMoyne Totals 42 39 .519
2000-01 Williams 21 7 .750 ECAC New England Champions
2001-02 Williams 22 6 .786 NCAA Tournament
2002-03 Williams 31 1 .969 NCAA Champions, National Coach of Year
2003-04 Williams 30 2 .938 NCAA Runner-Up, National Coach of Year
2004-05 Williams 16 9 .640
2005-06 Williams 17 8 .680
2006-07 Williams 16 12 .571 NESCAC Champions, NCAA Tournament
2007-08 Williams 17 8 .680
Williams Totals 170 53 .762
2008-09 Bucknell 7 23 .233
2009-10 Bucknell 14 17 .452
2010-11 Bucknell 25 9 .735 Patriot League Champions, NCAA Tournament
2011-12 Bucknell 25 10 .714 PL Regular-Season Champions, NIT Second Round
2012-13 Bucknell 28 6 .824 Patriot League Champions, NCAA Tournament
Bucknell Totals 99 65 .604
OVERALL TOTALS 361 185 .661
The Coaching Staff
District II Player of the Year by the U.S. Basketball
Writers and to the First Team All-District 3 team
by the National Basketball Coaches. He was also
an All-America selection by collegeinsider.com.
From 2003-05, Fischer was an assistant coach
on Paulsen’s staff at Williams. In those two seasons,
Williams went 46-11 and finished as the national
runner-up in 2004.
During his playing days at Ithaca College,
Fischer was a two-time team captain and graduated
ranked among the top 10 in program history
in career assists and steals. He was a three-year
starting point guard and helped lead the Bombers
to an ECAC Upstate New York championship,
and Empire Eight League title and a berth in the
NCAA Tournament. He was named team MVP and
honorable mention all-conference, and he was
the recipient of the Congdon Award, given to the
player that best exemplifies what Ithaca College
basketball represents. A native of Minnesota, he
graduated with a degree in business administration
and a minor in economics.
Fischer is married to the former Chelsea
Chowning, a former women’s basketball Academic
All-American at the University of Kentucky, where
she graduated with her doctorate from UK’s College
of Pharmacy.
aaron kelly
assistant Coach
sixth season
ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER
1988-89 Assistant Coach, Williams
1989-90 Assistant Coach, Michigan
1990-94 Senior Assistant Coach, Cleveland State
dane fischer
associate head Coach
sixth season
Dane Fischer enters his sixth season at
Bucknell and his third since being promoted to
associate head coach.
When Dave Paulsen took over as Bucknell’s
head coach in 2008, he quickly tabbed Fischer as
his lead assistant coach. Fischer has since proven
to be a tireless recruiter and a smart basketball
tactician. Much of his early success in both departments
— including the recruitment of two-time
Patriot League Player of the Year and NBA Draft
pick Mike Muscala — helped lead two league titles,
two NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT
berth in the last three years.
In addition to serving as recruiting coordinator,
Fischer is the program’s academic advisor.
Bucknell has claimed five Academic All-Patriot
League spots, four Capital One Academic All-
District selections and one national Academic
All-American in the last three years. Fischer also
handles Bucknell’s non-conference scheduling and
is heavily involved in the program’s community
outreach and fundraising initiatives.
Fischer had been an assistant coach at Rider
for the three seasons prior to coming to Bucknell.
In 2007-08 he helped lead the Broncs to a schoolrecord
23 victories and a Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) regular-season championship.
In addition to his on-court duties, Fischer served as
the program’s recruiting coordinator. He brought
three all-conference and two all-rookie performers
to the Lawrenceville, N.J., campus, and the class of
2011 graduated with the most career wins in the
history of the program.
At Rider, Fischer coached NBA lottery pick
Jason Thompson, who was the top senior taken in
the 2008 Draft. Thompson was picked 12th overall
by the Sacramento Kings. At Rider, he was named
the Haggerty Award winner as the 2008 Metropolitan
Basketball Writers Player of the Year, Associated
Press Honorable Mention All-America, the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year, the
Aaron Kelly is back for his sixth year on Dave
Paulsen’s staff and his fifth as an assistant coach
after serving as the program’s manager of basketball
operations in 2008-09. Prior to coming to
Bucknell, Kelly was assistant coach under Paulsen
at Williams in 2007-08.
At Bucknell, Kelly is involved in all aspects of
the Bison program, from recruiting to scouting to
on-floor coaching to summer camps and other
offseason programs. Kelly has been an integral
part of a coaching staff that has led the Bison to
an unprecedented three straight outright Patriot
League regular-season titles. Bucknell won the
Patriot League Tournament in 2011 and 2013 and
advanced to the NCAA Tournament both years,
and the Bison made their first-ever NIT appearance
in 2012, beating top-seeded Arizona in the
first round. Over the past three seasons, Bucknell
is 78-25 overall and 45-6 against Patriot League
opponents.
Kelly served as Williams’ head junior varsity
basketball coach in addition to his varsity duties in
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