frieder's top assistant, steve fisher, was named interim coach immediately before the 1989 ncaa division i men's basketball tournament, and led the team to six straight victories and the championship. following the victory, michigan dropped the "interim" tag from fisher's title. two years later, fisher signed the famous recruiting class known as the fab five (chris webber, juwan howard, jalen rose, jimmy king and ray jackson). he would take these players to the ncaa championship game as freshmen and sophomores. fisher also won the 1997 nit tournament with a team that compiled a 25–9 overall (11–5) record. many of fisher's and the basketball team's accomplishments were tarnished by significant ncaa sanctions. he left the job due to the university of michigan basketball scandal.