Harry G. Fritz (June 13, 1920 – May 27, 1987) was a collegiate athletics administrator and an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri in 1952.[2] Fritz was also the head baseball coach at his alma mater, Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from 1947 to 1948.[3] Before his retirement, he served as the head of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.[4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1920 Wheelersburg, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 27, 1987 (aged 66) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1938–1940 | Rio Grande |
| 1940–1942 | Transylvania |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1952 | Central Missouri |
| Basketball | |
| 1946–1948 | Transylvania (assistant) |
| 1954–1958 | Bemidji State |
| Baseball | |
| 1947–1948 | Transylvania |
| 1956 | Bemidji State |
| 1958 | Bemidji State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1959-? | Bemidji State |
| 1964–1970 | Western Illinois |
| 1970–1976 | Buffalo |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 39–48 (basketball) |
Fritz was the father of current University of Houston football coach Willie Fritz.[5]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Missouri State Mules (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1952) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Central Missouri State | 1–6 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Central Missouri State: | 1–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–6 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Harry Fritz" (PDF). Bemidji State University. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Services were scheduled Friday for Harry Fritz". United Press International. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Missouri College hires Fritz". Portsmouth (OH) Times. July 29, 1948. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ^ "NACDA Hall of Fame". NACDA. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Willie Fritz - Football Coach". University of Houston Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2023.