Harry Fritz
Biographical details
Born(1920-06-13)June 13, 1920
Wheelersburg, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMay 27, 1987(1987-05-27) (aged 66)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1938–1940Rio Grande
1940–1942Transylvania
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1952Central Missouri
Basketball
1946–1948Transylvania (assistant)
1954–1958Bemidji State
Baseball
1947–1948Transylvania
1956Bemidji State
1958Bemidji State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1959-?Bemidji State
1964–1970Western Illinois
1970–1976Buffalo
Head coaching record
Overall39–48 (basketball)

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]

Fritz was the father of current University of Houston football coach Willie Fritz.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Central Missouri State Mules (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1952)
1952 Central Missouri State 1–61–4T–5th
Central Missouri State: 1–61–4
Total:1–6

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Fritz" (PDF). Bemidji State University. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Services were scheduled Friday for Harry Fritz". United Press International. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Missouri College hires Fritz". Portsmouth (OH) Times. July 29, 1948. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ "NACDA Hall of Fame". NACDA. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Willie Fritz - Football Coach". University of Houston Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
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