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 2008 season is 310-241-2. His teams have won more than two-thirds of their MIAA conference games (221-107, .693). An assistant professor of kinesiology at Hope, he also serves as a member of the football coaching staff.

Coach Fritz has chaired the NCAA 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 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.