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Jeff's broadcasting career began at the age of 14 at WEST-AM in Easton, Pennsylvania.  In a career that has spanned over 35-years, he's worked in every aspect of the business, including being the General Manager of the Allentown Ambassadors baseball team of the independent Northern League.

After anchoring and reporting on major sporting events from the Olympics to the World Series to the Super Bowl, Jeff is turning to his passion of high school football.  He is creator and Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America.  He is also currently the host and producer of the National High School Coaches Association radio show called the NHSCA Sports Hour.

An award-winning journalist, Jeff anchored at Fox Sports Net for the Chicago, Bay Area and Ohio regions.  While in the Windy City, Fisher reported on all Chicago professional and college teams, plus served as a pre, post and in-game host on Fox Sports Net's Emmy-award winning broadcasts for the Cubs and White Sox. 

Jeff also worked as a Co-host and pit reporter on several different motor sports programs on Speed Channel and The Outdoor Channel.

Before arriving in Chicago, Jeff was the Sports Director at WFMZ-TV in the Allentown/Philadelphia market.  

Fisher was the creator, executive producer and host of The Big Ticket.  The weekly, 60-minute high school football wrap-up show won him the Associated Press Best Sportscast in Pennsylvania Award in 2000. 

Fisher was also the creator and host of more than a dozen half-hour sports specials featuring international superstars such as Mario Andretti and Larry Holmes. Fisher was also named Media Person of the Year in 1999 by the Colonial League and won the prestigious Sixth Man Award at Lehigh University.

Jeff is an all-around sports fan, who grew-up in Easton.  His fondest memories are watching his best friend Marty Nothstein win a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics in Australia and a silver medal in the 1996 games in Atlanta.

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2-16-12 Show
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a guest on this edition of High School Football America with Jeff Fisher.  CNN's chief medical correspondent talks about his documentary Big Hits, Broken Dreams that airs on CNN on February 25, 2012 at 8 and 11 pm EST.  Big Hits, Broken Dreams examines the subject of concussions in high school football.  In addition to Dr. Gupta, Fisher talks with LA Times Preps Sports Writer Eric Sondheimer about Southern California high school football and Brian Fluck, head football coach at West Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  West Catholic, one of the city's most successful football teams, is closing at the end of this school year due to declining enrollment.  
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2-09-12 Show
There are 1.1 million high school football players in America. On this episode of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher talks with Noah Spence of Bishop McDevitt High School in Pennsylvania, who was singled-out by The Maxwell Football Club as its National Player of the Year. Also on the show is Jimmy Nolan, the new head football coach at Carson High School in California; Ryan Anderson of Roosevelt High School in Ohio, talking about his battle against a rare form of bone cancer that is now in remission; and Christopher Lyke of www.TexasHSFootball.com who talks about Texas' football realignment for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

2-02-12 Show
For the second week in a row, High School Football America host Jeff Fisher talks with a former NFL quarterback turned high school football head coach. 16-year NFL veteran Jon Kitna is the new head coach at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. Fisher also speaks with Jamey Dubose, who after leading Prattville High School to two Alabama 6A championships in four years, resigned to take the head coaching job at Florence High School. Round-out the show is Mark Wolpert, executive director of The Maxwell Football Club, who talks about Noah Spence of Bishop McDevitt High School in Pennsylvania, who was named organization's National Player of the Year.

1-26-11 Show
Former NFL quarterback Shane Matthews is the latest pro to take a high school football head coaching job. The 14-year NFL veterans joins High School Football America host Jeff Fisher to talk about taking-over the football program at Nease High School in Florida. Nease is the alma mater of Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow. Also on the show is Steve Spiewak of MaxPreps, who looks ahead to next week's National Letter of Intent signing day; and Dave Beachnau of the Detroit Sports Commission, who discuss The Detroit Sports Commission Prep Kickoff Classic August 24th and 25th in the Motor City.

1-19-11 Show
High School Football America host Jeff Fisher chats with Addison Marshall of Foster High School in Fulshear, Texas. Marshall is the 2011 winner of the High School Rudy Awards. Fisher talks with Addison, and his mother Val, about his two-and-a-half year battle with leukemia. Even though Addison is still going through chemotherapy treatments, he was able to return to the field to play in the second half of his final game of his senior season in November. To learn more about the High School Rudy Awards, go to www.highschoolrudyawards.com

1-12-12 Show
On this edition of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher reveals HSFA's 2011 National Coach of the Year. Al Fracassa of Brother Rice, who brought his team back from a 4-4 start to win the 2011 Division 2 Michigan state football championship, is this year's honoree. In addition to the incredible comeback, Coach Fracassa won his 400th career game during the season. Also on the show: recently retired Judson High School (Texas) head coach Jim Rackley; Vinnie Ascolese, who retired at the end of the season from North Bergen High School as the third winningest high school football coach in New Jersey history; and Mike Brennan, who will serve as head coach of the Pennsylvania All-Stars in this year's Big 33 Classic in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Brennan, who is the head coach at Blue Mountain High School (PA), will try to snap a three-game losing streak against the Ohio All-Stars. This year's game will be played June 16th.
For more info on the game go to www.big33.org.

1-05-12 Show
Host Jeff Fisher kicks-off 2012 by announcing High School Football America's National Player of the Year. Johnathan Gray of Aledo HS (Texas) won the honor over quarterback Maty Mauk of Kenton HS (Ohio) and wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham of Hillcrest HS (Missouri). Fisher also chats with Tony Severino, head coach at Rockhurst HS (Missouri), who is the head coach of the West All-Stars in Saturday's U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. Other guests on the show: Andrea Marsh, a defensive back on the Panama Central HS football team (New York), and Dazmond Patterson, a running back on Plant City HS (Florida). Both Marsh and Patterson are finalists for the 2011 High School Football Rudy Awards. For more info, go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

12-15-11 Show
It's the final weekend of the 2011 high school football season. On this episode of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher closes-out the season with a chat with MaxPreps' Steve Spiewak about the national championship chase, plus he talks with three head coach going after state gold medals. Guests on the show are: Jim Benkert, head coach at Westlake HS (California); Tom Nola, head coach Clairton HS (Pennsylvania); and Hal Wasson, head coach at Southlake Carroll HS (Texas). Clairton is going after its third straight Pennsylvania Class A title; Westlake will played national power De La Salle for the California Open Division championship; and Southlake Carroll is going after a record-tying 8th Texas state football title. For more info go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

12-08-11 Show
Lake Travis High School (Austin, Texas) is trying to do something that no other Texas high school football team has ever done, win five straight state championships. Lake Travis head coach Hank Carter joins High School Football America host Jeff Fisher on this edition of the show to talk about the Cavaliers' incredible five-year run. Lake Travis needs two more wins to capture the school's fifth straight title. Also on the show are two coaches involved in incredible turnarounds. Powers Catholic (Flint, Michigan) head coach Bob Buckel talks about going from 1-8 in 2010 to a Division 5 state title this year. Then Allentown Central Catholic (Pennsylvania) head coach Harold Fairclough talks about how his defending 3A champs have turned around a 2-5 start to move to within one game of playing for a second straight title.
 For more info go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

12-01-11 Show
Former NFLers who are now coaching at the high school level take center stage on this episode of High School Football America with host Jeff Fisher. First, Jeff is joined by Don Beebe, the former Buffalo Bill, who last weekend led Aurora Christian to the Illinois 3A state championship. Then, former Pro Bowl quarterback Gus Frerotte talks about leading John Burroughs to a runner-up finish in Missouri's Class 3. The show wraps-up with former Jacksonville Jaguar quarterback Phil Stambaugh, who is now the had coach Pius X High School, discussing his school's run for a 1A championship in Pennsylvania. For more information, go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

11-17-11 Show
High School Football America host Jeff Fisher talks turkey...or at least Turkey Day football...on this episode of America's premiere high school football talk show. Bill Tracey, head coach at Wellesley HS (Massachusetts), talks about the granddaddy of Thanksgiving Day games: Wellesley against Needham. The two schools will meet for the 124th consecutive Thanksgiving next Thursday; it's America's oldest Turkey Day game. Then Dick Hammer, a Pennsylvania high school sports Hall of Fame broadcaster, talks about the Easton (Pennsylvania) / Phillipsburg (New Jersey) Turkey Day game that annually attracts 15,000 fans to Lafayette College. Hammer will be broadcasting his 45th game in the 105-game series next Thursday. The two communities are separated only by the Delaware River. Randy Taylor, recruiting analyst and national speaker for NCSA Athletic Recruiting, discusses his company's innovative programs that connect athletes, seeking scholarships, with college football programs at all levels. Taylor has 30-years experience in college football with stops at Illinois, Minnesota, San Jose St., UCLA and UNLV; at UCLA he produced a #1 ranked recruiting class. For more info, go to www.ncsasports.org  The show wraps-up with MaxPreps' Steve Spiewak talking about the national championship chase.

11-10-11 Show
In this episode of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher talks with Brian Hermanson, head coach of Washington High School in South Dakota. Washington is going for its 38th overall state championship this weekend, which is the most state titles for any high school football team in America. Also on the show: Byron Jenson of the High School Rudy Awards, plus Collin Nordstrom and his mother Andie. Collin is back on the football field at Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer 21 months ago. For more info, go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

11-03-11 Show

Before St. Paul's Episcopal School 8th grader Ostin McPherson makes Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd next week, his coach Jimmy Perry joins High School Football America host Jeff Fisher to talk about McPherson's 204 yard rushing game on October 28th.  Also on this edition of High School Football America, Fisher talks with Larry "Bud"Wright of Sheridan High School, who became Indiana's all-time winningest coach with his 369th victory last Friday.  Fisher also chats with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review sports writer Jason Cato, who discusses his recent article on the spread of gambling into high school football.  Plus, Dr. Jarrod Spencer of Mind of the Athlete joins Fisher to talk about an incident at at Memphis-area high school last week that caused Collierville (Tennessee) head football coach Shawn Abel to resign after a high-intensity locker room speech was taped and put on YouTube.  For more info, go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com.

10-27-11 Show

In this episode of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher talks with MaxPreps' Steve Spiewak about what should be a record-setting weekend ahead. Also on the show is Dan Jones, head coach at Gaffney High School in South Carolina. The Indians are currently ranked #6 in the nation by MaxPreps. Gaffney has won the most South Carolina state high school football championships. Jeff will then be joined by Carm DeFrancesco, head coach at Mt. Carmel HS in Pennsylvania. Last Friday, Mt. Carmel became just the fifth school in America to win 800 games. The show closes with Armwood (FL) head coach Sean Callahan. Friday, Callahan's team, that is ranked #2 this week by MaxPreps, will face unbeaten Plant HS. For more info go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

10-20-11 Show

High School Football America host Jeff Fisher is joined by Johnathan Gray of Aledo High School in Texas, who is the state's all-time leader in touchdowns. He also has a shot at becoming the country's leading rusher before he leaves for the University of Texas. Ken Hall of Sugar Land High School in Texas is the current record holder with 11,232 yards in his career between 1950-53. Gray is averaging almost 14-and-a-half yards a carry this season. Also on the show is Paul Knox, head coach at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. The Dons are second to only Long Beach Polyin producing NFL players. Jeff's final guest is Stan Sexton, head coach at Phoebus High School in Virginia. Phoebus currently owns the longest active win streak in the country at 52 straight victories. For more information, please go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

10-13-11 Show

High School Football America host Jeff Fisher talks with Kent Roosevelt High School's Ryan Anderson and his coach John Nemec about Ryan's battle with a rare form of bone cancer that derailed his promising football career before his senior season. Not only was Anderson one of the top offensive lineman in Ohio, but he was also ranked in the Top 35 nationally. Also on the show is Brianna Amat of Pinckney High School in Michigan. On September 30th, Amat not only kicked her team's game winning field goal, but she was also named Homecoming Queen in the same game.
For more info, go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com

10-06-11 Show

Recording-setting high school quarterbacks take center stage on this edition of High School Football America with host Jeff Fisher.  First, Dylan Sheffield of Wichita Falls High School in Texas talks about his record-breaking performance on September 30th when he threw for 683 yards and seven touchdowns to set a new Texas state record for yards passing in a game.  Then Fisher talks with Sunrise Christian Academy head football Trey Hall, who discussed his record breaking QB Zach Howell, who's thrown for nearly 2,500 yards and 24 TDs in six games.  Finally, High School Football America's In the Huddle interview this week is with St. Edward (Ohio) head coach Rick Finotti, who talks about his team's big game Saturday against top-ranked Don Bosco Prep from New Jersey.  The defending Ohio Division I champion Eagles enter the game ranked #9 in the nation and riding a 21-game win streak.  #1 Don Bosco Prep owns a 39-game win streak.  For more info, go to www.highschoolfootballamerica.com.

9-22-11 Show

For the second week in a row, High School Football America host Jeff Fisher talks with a head coach who just won his 400th game.  Bob Paroli of Seventy-First HS in North Carolina talks with Fisher about his 400th, plus looks back at his 54 years as a football coach.  Paroli is the 9th coach in high school football history to reach 400 wins.  Also on the show: Steve Spiewak of MaxPreps.com, who looks at which team has the best shot at winning the 2011 national championship and Ben Enos of the Mercury News in the Bay Area, who talks about Friday's night's national showdown between national powers De La Salle (CA) and St. Thomas Aquinas (FL).

9-15-11 Show

The Bolles School's Corky Rogers, Florida's winningest head football coach, joins High School Football America host Jeff Fisher on this edition of HSFA to talk about his 400th career victory on September 9th. Also on the show: Trinity High School (Louisville, KY) head football coach Bob Beatty, who talks about his team's Friday night showdown with St. Xavier of Cincinnati; Mark Cook, athletic director at Herrington High School in Kansas, talking about his football team's "Win One for the Gipper" comeback after learning of death of its head football coach Bud Peterson last Friday while he was in the hospital; and Byron Jenson of the High School Rudy Awards. Learn how to nominate an inspirational player at www.highschoolfootballrudyawards.com.

9-08-11 Show

High School Football America is LIVE in Lowell, Michigan for this edition of America's premiere national high school football talk show. Host Jeff Fisher is joined by Theresa Beachum of Lowell High School's Pink Arrow Pride football game, that in three short years has raised $750,000 to help community residents in their battle with cancer. At the heart of the game is the Lowell Red Arrows football team wearing pink uniforms to bring awareness to the cancer journey being walked by members of the tiny town of 4,000 outside of Grand Rapids. The home crowd supports the cause by wearing pink t-shirts to the game that turns entire football stadium into a sea of pink. Lowell quarterback Gabe Dean, the 2010 Division 1-2 Player of the Year, also joins Fisher to talk about his third game in a pink jersey. Also on the show is Gehrig Dieter of South Bend's Washington High School, who last week set a national record with 437 yards receiving.

9-01-11 Show

Pennsylvania and Ohio take centerstage on this edition of High School Football America.  Host Jeff Fisher talks with Pittsburgh Central Catholic head football coach Terry Totten about his top-ranked Vikings' showdown with Archbishop Wood of Philadelphia on ESPN2 on Sunday.  PCC is ranked #1 in Pennsylvania's 4A classification, while Wood is ranked #1 in 3A.  Then Fisher takes his listeners to the Cincinnati-area for a chat with Colerain head football coach Tom Bolden, whose team is coming-off a big win over Cocoa, Florida.  The Cardinals beat the three-time defending Florida champs in a nationally-televised game on August 28th.  The show wraps-up with photographer Morgan Tyree, who has just released a book called Temples...Where the Game is Played.  Tyree has taken incredible photos of six-and-eight man high school football games in Montana and Wyoming.  For more info on his book, go to http://six-eight-eleven.blogspot.com.

8-25-2011 Show

In this episode of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher talks with Bishop Gorman (Nevada) head coach Tony Sanchez about his team's upcoming battle with Armwood HS from Florida.  Both teams are considered to be Top 10 teams with their showdown being televised to a national TV audience on ESPN2.  Fisher is also joined by head coaches Al Fracassa of Brother Rice (Michigan) and John Herrington of Farmington Hills Harrison (Michigan).  Fracassa is the state's winningest coach, five wins shy of 400 for his career, while Herrington has captured 13 state titles.  Between them they have 94-years of head coaching experience.  Rounding out the show is David Beigie of State Farm talking about this year's  Friday Night Feats video contest to find the biggest moments of the 2011 high school football season.  For more info go to www.FridayNightFeats.com.

8-18-2011 Show

In this episode of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher takes you on a cross-country journey with stops in Alaska, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Texas.  First, Jeff talks with Phil Stambaugh, head coach at Pius X HS in Roseto, Pennsylvania.  Pius X is the smallest high school in America playing 11-man football.  Then he talks with Mark Tabb, author of the book The Sacred Acre...the Ed Thomas Story.  Thomas, who was the head football coach at Aplington-Parkersburg HS in Iowa, was murdered in 2009 by a former player.  Jeff's third interview is with Jason Caldarera of Service High School in Anchorage, Alaska.  Service and Leilehua (Hawaii) opened the 2011 regular season in the Fire and Ice Bowl on February 11th in Hawaii.  The show wraps-up with a conversation with Tony Heath, head football coach at Pearland HS, outside of Houston.  Pearland is the defending Texas 5A Division I champion.    

8-11-2011 Show

America's winningest high school football coaches join host Jeff Fisher on this edition of High School Football America. John McKissick, head coach at Summerville High School in South Carolina, talks about his 586 wins in 59 years as the leader of the Green Wave, while J.T. Curtis, who's second on the all-time wins list, reminisces about his 492 wins in 40+ years at John Curtis Christian School in Louisiana.  Also on the show is Rashid Ghazi of North Shore Films, who discusses his documentary on Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan called Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football. 

8-04-2011 Show

Chris Shields, the first-year head football coach at Joplin High School in Missouri, joins High School Football America host Jeff Fisher to discuss how his team and the Joplin community are recovering from the May 22nd tornadoes that devastated the town, destroyed the high school and left 160 people dead.  Jeff also talks with Jess Simpson, head coach at Buford High School in Georgia.  Buford is ranked #1 by MaxPreps.com in its Preseason Small Schools Top 25 Poll.  Jeff's final guest is Dr. Lamar Hasbrouck, who discusses the four heat-related deaths on high school football practice fields during the recent heat wave and what can be done to prevent such tragedies in the future.

7-28-2011 Show

Two legendary coaches join Jeff Fisher on this edition of High School Football America.  Gary Rankin of Alcoa High School in Tennessee talks about his Hall of Fame career that has seen him win nine state football titles and Greg Toal of Don Bosco Prep looks back on his 12-years of building the Ramsey, New Jersey school into a national high school football power.  Also on the show: Maty Mauk, senior quarterback at Kenton High School in Ohio.  Mauk is poised to break several national career passing records this season, including career passing yards, total offense and touchdown passes.

7-21-2011 Show Inaugural broadcast

On High School Football America's inaugural show, host Jeff Fisher talks with Brad Igou, head football coach at Barrow High School in Barrow, Alaska and his assistant Brian Houston about the start of the 2011 high school football season on July 26th in the country's 49th State. Barrow is the only school playing 11-man football above the Arctic Circle. Also on the show: Steve Spiewak of MaxPreps.com, who talks about his Preseason Top 25 Early Contenders Poll; Scott Young, head football coach of West Rowan High School in Mt. Ulla, North Carolina, whose team has won three straight 3-A state titles and owns a 46-game win streak; and Brandon Sheppard, Executive Director of the National Select 7-on-7 Championship.