Bill Fitch

Billy Charles Fitch (Bill)

Born: May 19, 1934 in Davenport, Iowa
High School: Cedar Rapids in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
College: Coe College
As Coach: 25 Yrs, 944-1106, .460 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• Cleveland Cavaliers: April 24, 1973 to May 21, 1979

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Cleveland Cavaliers Franchise

• April 24, 1973: Traded John Johnson, Rick Roberson and a 1973 1st round draft pick (Barry Parkhill) to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1973 1st round draft pick (Jim Brewer) and a 1973 3rd round draft pick (Jim O'Brien).
• April 24, 1973: Selected Jim Brewer (1st round, 2nd pick), Allan Hornyak (2nd round, 26th pick), Jim O'Brien (3rd round, 37th pick), Ozzie Edwards (3rd round, 40th pick), James Lister (3rd round, 41st pick), Luke Witte (4th round, 57th pick), John Coughran (5th round, 74th pick), Willie Calvert (6th round, 91st pick), Larry Farmer (7th round, 108th pick), John Ritter (8th round, 125th pick), Les Taylor (9th round, 142nd pick), Dean Martin (10th round, 156th pick), Floyd Lewis (11th round, 169th pick), Chris McMurray (12th round, 178th pick), John Pennebacker (13th round, 185th pick), Charles Mitchell (14th round, 191st pick), Reese Stovall (15th round, 196th pick), Tom O'Connor (16th round, 201st pick) and Phil Elderkin (17th round, 205th pick) in the 1973 NBA Draft.
• October 29, 1973: Signed Fred Foster as a free agent.
• May 17, 1974: Traded a 1975 1st round draft pick (Junior Bridgeman) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jim Chones.
• May 28, 1974: Traded a 1974 1st round draft pick (Tom Burleson) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Dick Snyder and a 1974 1st round draft pick (Campy Russell).
• May 28, 1974: Selected Campy Russell (1st round, 8th pick), Foots Walker (3rd round, 38th pick), Kevin Restani (3rd round, 39th pick), Jim Foster (4th round, 57th pick), Gary Novak (5th round, 75th pick), Aron Stewart (6th round, 93rd pick), Mike Robinson (7th round, 111th pick), Kerry Hughes (8th round, 129th pick), Jim Buskofsky (9th round, 147th pick) and Jim Kelly (10th round, 164th pick) in the 1974 NBA Draft.
• June 10, 1974: Sold Kevin Restani to the Milwaukee Bucks.
• October 7, 1974: Sold Lenny Wilkens to the Portland Trail Blazers.
• May 29, 1975: Traded Dwight Davis to the Golden State Warriors for Butch Beard, a 1975 1st round draft pick (John Lambert) and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Mel Utley).
• May 29, 1975: Selected John Lambert (1st round, 15th pick), Dan Roundfield (2nd round, 28th pick), Mel Utley (2nd round, 33rd pick), Ted Hathaway (3rd round, 45th pick), Eric Fernsten (4th round, 62nd pick), Jim Lee (5th round, 79th pick), Mike Odems (5th round, 82nd pick), Henry Ward (6th round, 99th pick), Shawn Leftwick (7th round, 116th pick), Andre McCarter (8th round, 136th pick), Skip Howard (9th round, 152nd pick) and Eric Anderson (10th round, 167th pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.
• September 5, 1975: Traded Fred Foster to the Chicago Bulls for a 1976 8th round draft pick (Dave Koehler).
• November 27, 1975: Traded Eric Fernsten and Steve Patterson to the Chicago Bulls for Rowland Garrett and Nate Thurmond.
• June 8, 1976: Selected Chuckie Williams (1st round, 15th pick), Mo Howard (2nd round, 32nd pick), Abdul Jeelani (3rd round, 50th pick), John Engles (4th round, 66th pick), Edmund Lawrence (5th round, 84th pick), Harry Davis (6th round, 102nd pick), Johnny Britt (7th round, 120th pick), Dave Koehler (8th round, 123rd pick), Tim Sisneros (8th round, 138th pick), Bruce Parkinson (9th round, 155th pick) and Elisha McSweeney (10th round, 171st pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
• January 13, 1977: Traded Rowland Garrett, a 1977 1st round draft pick (Ernie Grunfeld) and a 1978 1st round draft pick (George Johnson) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Gary Brokaw and Elmore Smith.
• June 10, 1977: Selected Eddie Jordan (2nd round, 33rd pick), Steve Grote (3rd round, 55th pick), Melvin Jones (4th round, 77th pick), Al Smith (5th round, 99th pick), Ron Cox (6th round, 121st pick), Bob Riddle (7th round, 141st pick) and Tom Cutter (8th round, 160th pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.
• October 3, 1977: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood) and a 1983 1st round draft pick (Rodney McCray) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Terry Furlow.
• October 10, 1977: Jim Cleamons signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; received Walt Frazier as compensation.
• October 17, 1977: Traded Gary Brokaw to the Buffalo Braves for future considerations.
• June 1, 1978: Traded a 1979 1st round draft pick (Greg Kelser) to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Mike Mitchell).
• June 9, 1978: Selected Mike Mitchell (1st round, 15th pick), Harry Davis (2nd round, 33rd pick), Kenny Higgs (3rd round, 57th pick), Stan Rome (4th round, 78th pick), Ken Koenigs (5th round, 99th pick), Ron Bell (6th round, 123rd pick), Tony Smith (7th round, 143rd pick), Roland Martin (8th round, 161st pick), Steve Bayless (9th round, 180th pick) and Gary Winston (10th round, 194th pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
• September 5, 1978: Dick Snyder signed as a veteran free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics; received a 1979 3rd round draft pick (Bill Laimbeer) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Leonard Mitchell) as compensation.
• January 31, 1979: Traded Terry Furlow to the Atlanta Hawks for Butch Lee and a 1983 1st round draft pick (Derek Harper).
• February 15, 1979: Traded Jim Brewer and future considerations to the Detroit Pistons for Earl Tatum.