Dan Ficke

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Dan Ficke
Current position
TitleHead 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)
2010–2012Wake Forest (Asst. DBO)
2012–2013Wake Forest (assistant to HC/recruiting coordinator)
Head coaching record
Overall111–64 (.634)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

Dan Ficke is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the MSU Denver Roadrunners men's basketball team.

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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

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Belmont Abbey Crusaders (Conference Carolinas)(2019–2022)
2019–2020Belmont Abbey 21–1014–63rd
2020–2021Belmont Abbey 18–513–32nd NCAA Division II First Round
2021–2022Belmont Abbey 22–1017–73rd NCAA Division II First Round
Belmont Abbey:61–25 (.709)44–16 (.733)
MSU Denver Roadrunners (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(2022–present)
2022–2023MSU Denver 12–179–13
2023–2024MSU Denver 19–1013–9
2024–2025MSU Denver 19–1013–7
MSU Denver:50–39 (.562)35–29 (.547)
Total:111–64 (.634)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. "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.
  2. 1 2 "Wake Forest Adds Dan Ficke to Basketball Staff". GoDeacs.com. May 13, 2010.
  3. Mundy, J.P. (May 7, 2013). "Ficke takes assistant coaching position at Loyola Maryland". BloggerSoDear.com. SB Nation . Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  4. "Nate Rohnert and Dan Ficke Named Assistant Coaches". DenverPioneers.com. June 16, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  5. "Local Roundup: Belmont Abbey hires new basketball coach". The Gaston Gazette . July 19, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "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.