as head coach the same year that Pitt entered the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013. Fisher, who led Concordia University-Irvine to the 2012 NAIA national championship with an overall two-year record of 72–2. led Pitt to a fifth-place finish in its first year in the ACC, exceeding pre-season expectations that had Pitt picked to finish 13th in the conference. Pitt improved to 25–6 in Fisher's second year at Pitt. He led the Panthers back to the NCAA tournament in 2016 and 2017, as well as to the program's first ACC conference championship in 2017, for which he received ACC and AVCA East Coast Region Coach of the Year honors. In 2018, he led Pitt to its first top five AVCA coaches poll ranking in program history and its second straight ACC Championship and earned his second straight ACC Coach of the Year honors. In 2019, the program reached the highest national ranking ever achieved by an ACC team when it was voted #2 in the AVCA coaches poll, won its third straight ACC conference championship with an 18-0 conference record, and received a program best sixth seed in the NCAA tournament. In the 2020 season, the NCAA postponed the volleyball tournament to April due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. As a result, the ACC scheduled was altered to eight fall matches and the remainder in the spring. After a 4–4 record in the fall schedule, the Panthers won twelve straight matches to finish the regular season 16–4. In the NCAA tournament, the Panthers would make program history by advancing past the second round for the first time after a sweep of #14 overall seed Utah. In the following round, Pitt upset #3 overall seed Minnesota in five sets to advance to its first Regional Final in school history. Pitt finished the season ranked #8 on the final AVCA Coaches’ Poll, their highest final ranking in program history. In the 2021 season, the Panthers came back from their tournament run by starting the season 15–0, and finishing 26–3. Their regular season included big wins over then No. 23 Rice, No. 18 Washington State, No.9 Baylor, No. 12 BYU, and No. 13 Georgia Tech. For their quality RPI, they Panthers earned the #3 seed in the NCAA tournament, their best in program history. In the second round of the tournament, the Panthers defeated rival Penn State for the first time in postseason history