Willie Fritz

Willie Fritz
	Fritz at the 2015 Sun Belt Media Day
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Houston
Conference	Big 12
Record	4–5
Biographical details
Born	April 2, 1960 (age 64); Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
1978–1981	Pittsburg State
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982	Pittsburg State (GA)
1983	Shawnee Mission NW HS (KS) (asst.)
1984–1985	Sam Houston State (GA)
1986	Willis HS (TX) (assistant)
1987–1990	Coffeyville (DC)
1991–1992	Sam Houston State (DB/ST)
1993–1996	Blinn
1997–2009	Central Missouri
2010–2013	Sam Houston State
2014–2015	Georgia Southern
2016–2023	Tulane
2024–present	Houston
Head coaching record
Overall	212–121 (college); 39–5–1 (junior college)
Bowls	4–1 (college); 2–1 (junior college)
Tournaments	7–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs); 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs); 4–0 (TJCFC/SWJCFC playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2 NJCAA National (1995, 1996); 2 TJCFC/SWJCFC (1995, 1996); 1 MIAA (2003); 2 Southland (2011, 2012); 1 Sun Belt (2014); 1 AAC (2022); 1 AAC West Division (2018);
Awards
	Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (2022); George Munger Award (2022); AFCA FCS Coach of the Year (2011); Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2012); Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2014); 2× AAC Coach of the Year (2022, 2023);

Willie Fritz (born April 2, 1960) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Houston. Fritz served as the head football coach at University of Central Missouri from 1997 to 2009, Sam Houston State University from 2010 to 2013, Georgia Southern University from 2014 to 2015, and Tulane University from 2016 to 2023. From 1993 to 1996, he was the head football coach at Blinn College, a junior college in Brenham, Texas, where he led his teams to consecutive NJCAA National Football Championships, in 1995 and 1996.