From 2000 to 2009, he was the men's head basketball coach of the Mountaineers at Appalachian State University.

The following season, 2002–03, his team went 19–10, and Fancher was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year.

[3] He was elevated to interim head coach after Price's sudden firing on December 14, 2017.

[4] On March 6, 2018, following a 3–17 record, Fancher was notified by incoming athletics director Mike Hill that he would not be retained through the 2018–19 season and that a nationwide search for a permanent men's basketball coach would begin immediately.

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