 Since
1994, Hope College has won eight Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(MIAA) championships and appeared in the NCAA tournament four times
under coach Stuart (Stu) Fritz < fritz@hope.edu >.
He has guided the Flying Dutchmen to
MIAA Championships in 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003,
2006 and 2007. The Flying Dutchmen appeared in the NCAA
Division
III championships in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2007. His collegiate
coaching record through the 2011 season is 384-277-2.
His teams have won more than two-thirds of their MIAA
conference games (274-138, .665). He is also an assistant professor
of kinesiology.
Coach Fritz is a member of the executive
committee of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)
chairing Division III. He has also served on the NCAA
Division III baseball championships national committee.
From 1996 to 1998 he coached a youth
team through the Roberto Clemente All-Stars program in
San Juan, Puerto Rico during the summer. In the summer
of 2001 he coached a U.S. youth allstar team in Australia.
The 2007 Hope team played in the 26th annual "Prague
Baseball Week" tournament in the Czech Republic.
Prior to coming to Hope, Fritz taught
in the Humboldt, Iowa school system. He was an elementary
physical education teacher, the high school baseball
coach and offensive coordinator for the high school football
team.
He is a 1988 graduate of Wartburg College
where he lettered in football and baseball. He received
the masters degree in sports administration from the
University of Northern Colorado in 1992. In 1998 his
alma mater honored him as Wartburg's Alumni Coach of
the Year.
His wife Carol is a member of the Hope
College admissions staff. They have a son, Tucker.
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