Forester Men's Hockey

Career Highlights
	Recorded his 300th career victory in February of 2004
	Named NCHA Coach of the Year Coach of the Year after leading the 2003-04 Foresters to an 18-6-4 record
	All-time winningest hockey coach at Lake Forest and among the top 50 in NCAA history (all divisions)
	Inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame and Forester Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007
	Led Lake Forest to the American Collegiate Hockey Association title in 1987
	Former member of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization

The 2009-10 season will be Tony Fritz's 32nd (1978-present) at the helm of the Forester hockey program and he is in the midst of his fifth decade of coaching.

Fritz leads the program into the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association in 2009-10 after 17 seasons in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. The Foresters also competed in the American Collegiate Hockey Association from 1985-87. He immediately becomes the dean of all active coaches in the MCHA with 31 years at Lake Forest, just one fewer seasons than the other seven coaches in the league have with their respective programs combined.

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 22 of the last 29 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).

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 conference championships. Including both sports, Fritz has compiled an overall record of 487-479-59 during his time at Lake Forest.

Fritz began his coaching career as a high school coach at University School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he compiled an overall record of 159-90-7 while earning both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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 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.

He and his wife Pat live in Gurnee and have two children (Curtis and Charlene) and three grandchildren (Griffin, Owen, and Lily).