Forester Men's Hockey

Career Highlights
	Recorded his 300th career victory in February of 2004
	Led Lake Forest to the NCHA Peters Cup semifinals three of the last four seasons and earned Coach of the Year honors in 2003-04
	All-time winningest hockey coach at Lake Forest and ranks among the top 50 in NCAA history (all divisions)
	Inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame in January of 2007
	Led Lake Forest to the American Collegiate Hockey Association title in 1987
	Former member of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization

Tony Fritz is in his 30th year (1978-present) at the helm of the Forester hockey program and is in the midst of his fifth decade of coaching

Fritz is not only the dean of all active coaches in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association with 29 years at Lake Forest, but he is also the winningest coach currently in the league with 334 career victories. Only two other coaches in the NCHA have even half as many. .

Fritz, the all-time winningest hockey coach at Lake Forest, has guided the Foresters to 13 or more victories 14 times. His teams have qualified for conference or national post-season playoffs 20 of the last 27 seasons, including the NCAA quarterfinals in 1991. He also guided the Foresters to an American Collegiate Hockey Association title in 1986-87. Fritz ranks among the top 50 all-time in collegiate coaching victories (all divisions).

In 1992, Fritz took the Forester program into the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, which has produced 15 NCAA championship teams.

Fritz is also the winningest men's soccer coach ever at Lake Forest. In 16 seasons, concluding in 1993, he guided his soccer teams to eight Midwest Conference championships. Including both sports, Fritz has compiled an overall record of 476-413-55 during his time at Lake Forest.

Fritz began his coaching career as a high school coach at University School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While earning both his Bachelor and Master's degrees in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he took a fledgling hockey program and turned it into a state power, compiling an overall record of 159-90-7.

He was a 2006 inductee into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Forester Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also featured in a book to be on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.

Prior to his coaching career, Fritz was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization as a player in the Ontario Junior Hockey Association. He was considered to be one of the top five NHL prospects in Canada before an eye injury during the Memorial Cup Playoffs ended his career.