Football | October 03, 2019

LOS ANGELES—Bill Fisk Jr., a 1964 All-American offensive guard at USC, died today (Thursday, Oct. 3) in Elizabeth, Colo., at age 75 after a long battle with cancer.
 
Services are pending.
 
Fisk was a 3-year (1962-64) letterman at USC and was a member of the Trojans' 1962 national championship team that went undefeated (11-0) and beat Wisconsin in the 1963 Rose Bowl.  He captained USC as a 1964 senior when he won All-Conference first team honors and received USC's Lineman of the Year Award and Football Alumni Club Award (senior with the highest grade point average).  After his senior season, he played in the East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl.
 
He came to USC from San Gabriel (Calif.) High.
 
After USC, Fisk coached football at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut (Calif.), first as an assistant coach for 21 years (1966-86) and then as the head coach for 18 years (1987-2004).  He had a 126-64-2 record as head coach.  He guided the 1997 Mt. SAC team to a 12-0 record and the state and national championship as he was named the state Coach of the Year.  He was the conference Coach of the Year in 1999, 2002 and 2003.  He also was a professor at Mt. SAC.
 
Fisk was inducted into the California Community College Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Mt. SAC Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.
 
After he retired from coaching, he became a high school football official.
 
His late father, Bill, lettered at end at USC for 3 years (1937-39), where he played in 2 Rose Bowls and was a member of Troy's 1939 national champs, then played professionally for 7 seasons with the Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Dons before becoming a USC assistant football coach from 1949 to 1956.
 
Fisk's brother, Bob, played end at USC in 1960.
 
He is survived by his wife, Tona, sons David (Laura) and Brady, daughters Kristen (John) and Lauren, grandsons Rider and Hudson and brother Bob.