Jack's Life

Who is Jack Fertig?

Jack Fertig has spent the past 35 years in the field of
education and basketball.

Biography
A New Jersey native, Jack taught math and coached football
and basketball at his alma mater, Highland Park (NJ) High School. After college,
he was a graduate assistant at the University of Vermont, Washington State
University (where he earned his master's degree) and the University of Oregon. He
then became a full-time assistant coach at Robert Morris College, Western
Carolina University and the University of Tennessee before becoming associate
head coach at the University of Toledo and the University of Southern California. 
He was then appointed the Director of Basketball Operations at Fresno State
before finally returning full circle to the high school level where he served as
head basketball coach and math teacher at Buchanan High School. 

Jack has coached 24 players who have played or are playing in the NBA.

He also is the host of the "Jerry Tarkanian Show" on Fox Sports radio in Fresno, works at the Michael Jordan Flight School in Santa Barbara and is the Director of Development for the Central California Nikkei Foundation, a non-profit organization which owns and operates Vintage Gardens, an assisted living community at Peach & Kings Canyon in Fresno.

A true student of life and observer of people, Jack wrote "Life's A Joke", a book
about the hilarious episodes of what happens on the road in college basketball and
of life in general.

Currently a member of the prestigious National Speakers Association, he's spoken
all over the country and has a unique way of making sure you'll remember his many
messages.