Dan Ficke
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. He played college basketball at Loyola Maryland.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. 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. Ficke spent two seasons as an assistant at his alma mater before being hired as an assistant at University of Denver in 2015.Ficke was hired as the head basketball coach at Belmont Abbey on July 19, 2019. He went 61–25 overall as the Crusaders' head coach and Belmont Abbey won the Conference Carolinas tournament in 2021 and 2022.
Ficke was hired as the head coach of the Metropolitan State University of Denver Roadrunners on April 21, 2022.