Corey Fisher

Anthony Guy Corey Fisher (born April 8, 1988) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach at Wagner College. Fisher played college basketball at Villanova University.

Early life Fisher was born in The Bronx, New York to Corey Wilson and Kiesha Fisher. Fisher grew up in the Castle Hill Houses, 14 tall brick buildings located in The Bronx. His father lived in a different building in the complex than Corey, his brothers, Ivan and Isaiah; and their mother.

Fisher has said that he often spent time in the nearby playgrounds playing basketball, and was dubbed a "playground legend" after his 105-point game on August 7, 2010. Fisher was named after his uncle, Guy Fisher, ex-drug lord and former owner of the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City.

High school career Fisher played high school basketball for St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he was a Parade All-American in 2007. St. Patrick was a two-hour commute from his home in The Bronx. '"I looked around at everybody around me; I knew that if I didn't get out of here, I'd never make it" — Corey Fisher on his decision to attend school in New Jersey

On November 22, 2007, Fisher scored 18 points against the University of South Florida in the Old Spice Classic, and then followed that up with a 21-point game three days later against North Carolina State University.

Villanova was selected to play in the 2008 NCAA Tournament and advanced as far as the Sweet 16 versus the Kansas Jayhawks in Detroit, Michigan, in which Fisher scored 6 points along with 4 assists in the Wildcats' 72–57 loss.

On February 6, 2010, Fisher became the 52nd Villanova player to reach 1,000 career points in a 103–90 win against Georgetown University. During the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Fisher scored 9 points in the Wildcats' second-round game in which they were upset by St. Mary's College of California. Fisher was named to the first team All-Philadelphia Big Five and third team All-Big East. He finished the season averaging 13.3 points, 3.9 assists and 2.8 rebounds.

Senior Fisher returned to Villanova his senior year joined in the backcourt by sophomore Maalik Wayns and senior Corey Stokes. He was among the final ten candidates for the Bob Cousy Award.

105-point game On August 7, 2010, Fisher scored 105 points in a single organized summer league game. It is believed to be a new street basketball scoring record, surpassing Fly Williams's previous record of 100 set back in 1978.

Professional career In July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Antalya BB in Turkey.

After one season in Turkey, Fisher signed in August 2012 for Spanish team Joventut Badalona.

On July 6, 2013, Fisher signed with Enisey Krasnoyarsk of Russia for the 2013–14 season.

After a season in China with Fujian Sturgeons, Fisher signed with KK Cibona in Croatia on July 28, 2015. He was released from Cibona in October 2015. On October 30, 2015, he signed with Guaros de Lara of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto.

On September 1, 2016, Fisher signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League. On May 24, 2017, it was reported that Fisher along with other American-born teammates Clevin Hannah and Taylor Brown were partying and consuming alcohol in Vilnius nightclubs right after losing the Game 3 of the LKL Playoffs on May 20. All of them were denying the fact but the incontestable pictures were published, which shattered all the doubts. The semi-final game was crucial as following it the series moved to Panevėžys, where Rytas lost the game and the series 1–3, resulting in second shocking fiasco during the same season for the club. On the same May 24, all three players were suspended from the team. On May 25, head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis said that it was not the first time when all three players were behaving unprofessionally and that they were ignoring previous warnings. Some witnesses noted that Taylor Brown previously was also consuming drugs.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) In the summer of 2017, Fisher competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Supernova; a team composed of Villanova University basketball alum. In two games, he averaged 13.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game to help the number two seeded Supernova advance to the second-round where they were defeated 82–74 by Team Fancy. Fisher also competed for Supernova in 2016 and, prior to that, averaged 10.0 points, 6.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game for Team Roby in 2014.

On August 4, 2017, Fisher signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish ACB League.

On October 15, 2018, Fisher signed with Fos Provence Basket to replace the injured Tariq Kirksay. On January 3, 2019, Fisher signed with Baxi Manresa for the rest of the season. In 12 games played for Manresa, he averaged 11.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

On July 30, 2019, Fisher signed a one-year deal with Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Premier League.

Coaching career Fisher was hired as an assistant coach on Donald Copeland's staff at Wagner College in 2024, after having spent the previous season as a student-athlete development assistant at Villanova.