Willie Fritz
Head Coach at Houston since 2024.
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- Seasons coached
- 45
- First season
- 1982
- Teams
- 10
Career
13 stints
1980s
- 1982Pittsburg StateGraduate Assistant
- 1983Shawnee Mission NW HS (KS)Assistant Coach
- 1984–1985Sam HoustonHead Coach
- 1986Willis HS (TX)Assistant Coach
- 1987–1990Coffeyvilledc
1990s
- 1991–1992Sam HoustonSpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 1993–1996BlinnHead Coach
- 1997–2009Central MissouriHead Coach
2010s
- 2010–2013Sam HoustonHead Coach
- 2014–2015Georgia SouthernHead Coach
- 2016–2023TulaneHead Coach
- 2018TulaneAssistant Coach
2020s
- 2024–presentHoustonHead Coach
Coaching tree
0 mentors, 104 protégés, 9 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Protégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
112
- 2026Adrian RomeroMentored · Houston
- 2026Andrew Crane, M.Ed, LAT, ATMentored · Houston
- 2026Andrew JohnsonMentored · Houston
- 2026Bennie WylieMentored · Houston
- 2026Brian BellMentored · Houston
- 2026Casey SmithsonMentored · Houston
- 2026Chris CouchMentored · Houston
- 2026Chris DawsonMentored · Houston
- 2026David Romero PT, DPT, SCSMentored · Houston
- 2026Donn LandholmMentored · Houston
- 2026Dre FusilierMentored · Houston
- 2026Ella GuerreroMentored · Houston
- 2026Emily EnglandMentored · Houston
- 2026Eric OsborneMentored · Houston
- 2026Garrison VaughnMentored · Houston
97 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
9
- 2024Dana HolgorsenSucceeded · Houston
- 2024Jon SumrallSucceeded by · Tulane
- 2023Slade NagleSucceeded by · Tulane
- 2016Curtis JohnsonSucceeded · Tulane
- 2016Tyson SummersSucceeded by · Georgia Southern
- 2015Dell McGeeSucceeded by · Georgia Southern
- 2014Jeff MonkenSucceeded · Georgia Southern
- 2010Jim SvobodaSucceeded by · Central Missouri
- 2010Todd WhittenSucceeded · Sam Houston
Tenure
45 seasons
- Central MissouriHead coach · 1997–200913
- TulaneHead coach · 2016–20238
- Sam HoustonHead coach · 1984–20136
- BlinnHead coach · 1993–19964
- CoffeyvilleCoordinator · 1987–19904
- HoustonHead coach · 2024–2026 · current3
- Georgia SouthernHead coach · 2014–20152
- Sam HoustonCoordinator · 1991–19922
- TulanePosition coach · 20181
- Willis HS (TX)Position coach · 19861
- Shawnee Mission NW HS (KS)Position coach · 19831
- Pittsburg StateAnalyst · 19821
Pipeline
5 of 25 coordinators
- 11 seasonsMike Collinsunder at Sam Houston 2013 · head coach at Neville HS (LA)2024
- 0 seasonsSlade Nagleunder at Tulane 2016 · head coach at Tulane2023
- 1 seasonWill Hallunder at Tulane 2018 · head coach at Southern Miss2021
- 1 seasonCharlie Stubbsunder at Central Missouri 2008 · head coach at Nicholls2010
- 3 seasonsStan McGarveyunder at Sam Houston 1984 · head coach at William Jewell1987
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Willie Fritz. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.