He is a graduate and a member of the athletics hall of fame at North Branch Area High School.
He played basketball at Southwest Minnesota State University[1] where he graduated from with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Management.
[2] Fletcher made many small coaching stops during his early career such as Concordia–Moorhead, South St. Paul High School, Kentucky Wesleyan (where he was also the women's golf coach), and Anoka High School.
[3] In 2016, he was hired to his first collegiate head coaching job at Bethany Lutheran College.
[4] During his four seasons there, the Vikings won one UMAC regular season championship (2018), two UMAC Tournament championships (2018 and 2020), and made it to the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament twice (2018 and 2020).