Career
Coaching for over twenty seasons from the early 1980s to the 2004, Fletcher led three different Division I schools while winning two conference regular season and tournament championships while collecting over 250 total wins. During the 2003-2004 season, Fletcher was the only coach in Division I or Division II to be the head coach for a school"s men"s and women"s teams. That year, he took over the University of Colorado Colorado Springs" (UCCS) men"s team for one season while also spending his third year in charge of the women"s team
He is a 1973 graduate of the University of Maryland.
Fletcher first became a head coach in 1982 for the Virginia Military Institute following the departure of his predecessor Charlie Schmaus. Schmaus had led the Keydets to a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1977 and a 26–4 record, their best in school history.
The team was led by future Virginia Military Institute Hall of Famer and National Basketball Association player Ron Carter. Fletcher then left the school the next season, leaving Virginia Military Institute with a.330 winning percentage.
Fletcher"s most endured period of success came at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now known as Louisiana–Lafayette.
As the Ragin" Cajuns head coach for eleven years, he led the school to a regular season and tournament championship in 1992 in their inaugural Sun Belt Conference season, as well as another tournament title in 1994. Seven of Fletcher"s eleven years at Lafayette produced winning seasons. Fletcher then left for the Denver Pioneers, who were a Division II school at the time of his arrival.
He assisted the program in its transition to Division I and the Sun Belt, but could not produce a winning season at Denver.
He left the school following the conclusion of the 2000-2001 season.