- Program
- Houston
- Level
- FBS
- In Role Since
- 2023
- Conference
- Big 12
- Education
- Pittsburg State University (’83); Sam Houston State (’86)
Profile
Willie Fritz was named the University of Houston’s 16th head coach on Dec. 3, 2023, beginning his third season in 2026 and bringing 33 years of collegiate head coaching experience. He engineered the largest single-season turnaround in the country from 2024 to 2025 by winning 10 games in Year 2 after winning four in Year 1, culminating in a #19 AP Poll ranking and a Kinder’s Texas Bowl championship over LSU. Fritz owns eight career 10-plus win seasons, seven conference championships, and a 251-129-1 all-time head coaching record dating to 1993 as stated in the supplied biography text.
Coaching Approach
Builds turnaround programs with emphasis on rushing and special teams: Tulane’s 2019 rushing attack ranked 13th nationally at 249.8 yards per game under his direction, his Sam Houston tenure produced a long special-teams 'block party' that generated 80 blocked kicks beginning in 1991 per the supplied biography text, and Tulane’s 2022 team completed the biggest FBS turnaround to 12-2 and an AAC title, all facts drawn from the official biography text provided.
Career Highlights
- Named Houston head coach on December 3, 2023
- Engineered the nation’s largest single-season turnaround from 2024 to 2025, winning 10 games in Year 2 after four in Year 1 and captured the Kinder's Texas Bowl championship over LSU
- Led Tulane to the 2022 American Athletic Conference championship and to a 12-2 season that finished No. 9 in the AP Poll according to the supplied biography text
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