Head coach
John Fritz
John Fritz was head coach of Penn State and Franklin & Marshall (PA) at eight NCAA championships, 1979–1998. Fritz's teams finished in the top four four times. Fritz's wrestlers won four individual titles and earned 22 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State | 1993–1998 (6) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 46 | 23 | 134–70 | 10 |
| Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 1979–1980 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7–7 | 0 |
As a wrestler
John Fritz wrestled for Penn State at four NCAA championships, 1972–1975, and went 17–3. Fritz won the title at 126 lb in 1975 and placed third at 126 lb in 1973 and 1974.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Penn State | 126 | 3 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1974 | Penn State | 126 | 2 | 3rd | 6–1 | 7 bouts |
| 1973 | Penn State | 126 | 2 | 3rd | 5–1 | 6 bouts |
| 1972 | Penn State | 126 | No seed listed | Lost round of 16 | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
John Fritz's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from John Fritz, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Biography, opening paragraph beginning "John Fritz wrestled in high school for the Hurricanes of Bethlehem Liberty").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which John Fritz was the established head coach of a team with entrants. They are not years of employment; there were no championships in 1943–45 or 2020.
- A year inside the span with no established coach is listed but not counted. A year with two head coaches counts in full for both.
- Team titles are official NCAA titles from the published standings (1928, 1931 and 1933 have none). Top four and top ten come from the same standings.
- Entries count each wrestler once per tournament; All-Americans are counted as each era awarded them; wins and losses include forfeit, default and disqualification results; falls exclude forfeits.
- The head coach for each year, with sources, is on that year's program page. Report a correction.
Cite this page: “John Fritz, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_cf14bdca39054f60/john-fritz/