Harry Fritz (coach)
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 |
| Died | May 27, 1987 (aged 66) Kansas City, Missouri |
| 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) | |
| ?–? | Bemidji State |
| 1964–1970 | Western Illinois |
| 1970–1976 | Buffalo |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 39–48 (basketball) |
Fritz was the father of current Tulane Green Wave football coach Willie Fritz.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Missouri State Mules (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1952) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Central Missouri State | 1–6 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Central Missouri State: | 1–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–6 | ||||||||
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References
- "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.
- "Fritz Inducted Hall of Fame". tulanehullabaloo.com. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
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