[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IN RECOGNITION OF ROBERT FISHER

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 26, 2016

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Robert Fisher of 
Marshfield, MA on his 600th career win as a high school basketball 
coach and for the incredible work he has done to educate and inspire so 
many young people.
  With over 35 years of experience as head coach, Coach Fisher has 
earned respect as one of the greatest coaches in Massachusetts history. 
As of this season, only three other boys' basketball coaches in the 
Commonwealth have reached the lofty heights of over 600 wins.
  Coach Fisher's talents as a business teacher at Bridgewater-Raynham 
Regional High School in Massachusetts and his efforts to cofound the 
basketball program at Bentley College where he had attended brought him 
to the attention of then-varsity basketball coach and athletic director 
of Rockland High, A. Scott MacKinlay. In 1966, Coach Fisher started off 
as assistant coach and by the start of the 1969-70 season was named as 
the new head coach by Principal MacKinlay. Coach Fisher, or ``Fish'' as 
he was known to his friends, went on to coach for 23 years off and on 
at Rockland High before moving to his alma mater in Quincy, MA for four 
years. He has since been successfully coaching in Marshfield, MA for 8 
seasons.
  Coach Fisher's success does not only show in his teams' wins. Perhaps 
his most incredible feat is that for 35 years his boys have been going 
to the state tournament and even won 2 titles in 1974 and 2004. For his 
tremendous efforts and passion of the sport, Coach Fisher has been 
enshrined in three different Halls of Fame--Rockland High, New England 
Basketball and Bentley College.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in honor of Coach Fisher, who 
exemplifies what it means to be a coach and role model for so many 
young men over the decades. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing this distinguished educator and in wishing him the best of 
luck in his future endeavors.

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