Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
A Clarkston High School graduate, Dan Fife returned to his alma mater to coach, and spent 36 seasons as the head boys basketball coach, amassing 703 wins — third-most in state history — 29 league titles, 30 district titles, 13 regionals and two state titles before his retirement in 2018. That next winter, the school renamed its field house after its former player, coach and athletic director.
Dan Fife passed away Thursday, May 30, 2024.
Here are how we’ll remember coach, in pictures:
(For The Oakland Press / LARRY McKEE)
Clarkston held a ceremony to name its gymnasium “Dan Fife Field House,” prior to the boys varsity basketball game against Wayne Memorial at Clarkston High School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (For The Oakland Press / LARRY McKEE)
Legendary longtime Clarkston basketball coach Dan Fife has passed away. (DREW ELLIS – MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Former Clarkston coach Dan Fife, second from left, shakes hands with the players, as the Wolves defeated Wayne Memorial 60-46 in varsity basketball action at Clarkston High School Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Fife passed away on May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston coach Dan Fife, right, made a point during a game in which his Wolves were defeated for the first time in the 2017-18 season by East English Village 80-71 during Holiday Extravaganza tournament basketball action at North Farmington High School Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. Fife passed away on May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston coach Dan Fife, left, yells toward the court, as his Wolves were in the process of defeating Lake Orion 69-34 at Clarkston High School Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Fife passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (GEORGE SPITERI — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston fans cheer former coach and athletic director Dan Fife, lower right, during a ceremony renaming the field house in his honor. Later the Wolves defeated Wayne Memorial 60-46 in varsity basketball action at Clarkston High School Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Fife passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston coach Dan Fife, center, talks to an official, as his Wolves defeated Lake Orion 62-50 in district semifinal basketball action at Clarkston High School March 7, 2018. Fife passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
A fan wears a Fife jersey, as Clarkston defeats Wayne Memorial 60-46 in varsity basketball action at Clarkston High School Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Former Clarkston coach and athletic director Dan Fife stands underneath the two state title banners, as he speaks at a ceremony renaming the school’s field house in his honor. Later, the Wolves defeated Wayne Memorial 60-46 in varsity basketball action at Clarkston High School Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Fife passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston defeats Flint Carman-Ainsworth 52-31 in Class A quarterfinal basketball action at Grand Blanc High School Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Longtime coach Dan Fife, center, passed away on May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (GEORGE SPITERI — MediaNews Group, file)
The sign for the newly renamed field house at Clarkston is held up during a ceremony, before the Wolves defeated Wayne Memorial 60-46 in varsity basketball action at Clarkston High School Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston coach Dan Fife, right, makes a point during a game in which his Wolves defeated Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 56-43 in varsity basketball action at St. Mary’s Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Fife passed away on May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Former Clarkston basketball coach and athletic director Dan Fife carries a broom during a ceremony in which the school’s field house was renamed in his honor. The Wolves later defeated Wayne Memorial 60-46 in varsity basketball action at Clarkston High School Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Fife passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Tieler Houston (15), Clarkston, celebrates with teammates Nick Wells and Demond Mills-Bradley, and coach Dan Fife, left, after defeating Hazel Park 48-38 in varsity basketball action at Clarkston High School Thursday, March 1, 2018. Fife passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (LARRY McKEE — MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston Basketball coach Dan Fife retired in 2018 after 36 seasons and 703 wins on the Wolves bench. He passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (MediaNews Group, file)
Clarkston basketball coach Dan Fife, center, was surrounded by family after the Wolves won their first state title in 2017. He passed away on May 30, 2024. (DREW ELLIS — MediaNews Group, file)
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