Moody Archers

Troy Fichter is the Athletic Director and Head Coach of the Men's and Women’s XC Teams. He wears many hats in the Athletic Department and serves with all his heart for the love of His Savior, the MBI community, all the teams' athletes, and those who enter the Solheim Center for church and ministry events. He is a father figure and mentor to many and is fondly known as "Coach" to the Moody community. He has had the privilege of coaching MBI’s Women's Cross Country Team for 13 seasons, developing athletes with no running background into all-American runners, and helped lead his teams to 7 national titles over the years. With God's help, and after much prayer and initiation, Coach Troy began a men's cross-country program and just finished his first season coaching the Men’s Cross Country Team.

Coach Troy came to Moody Bible Institute in January 2000 to complete a B.S. in Biblical Studies. He then completed his M.A. in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship from Moody Theological Seminary in 2004. Seeking to combine his biblical training with his passion for fitness and health, he completed a M.S. in Sports Fitness and Health from the United States Sports Academy in 2011. Fichter has been a full-time employee at Moody Bible Institute since 2005 and is a Level 2 USA Track and Field Endurance Coach and a USATF Cross Country Specialist.

Coach Troy was the athletic operations manager at Moody Bible Institute for 16 years and taught in the Lifetime Fitness Department at MBI for 15 years before becoming MBI’s athletic director in the summer of 2024. He desires to grow all of MBI’s athletic programs, but his biggest desire is to lead, mentor, and equip MBI’s athletes and students to grow closer to Christ and to go tell the world about our Savior!