| Title: | Assistant Coach |
| Phone: | 620-694-2451 |
| Email: | fritzv@hutchcc.edu |
Vince Fritz joins the Blue Dragon men’s basketball staff for the 2024-25 season.
The Kansas City, Kansas, native and Blue Valley Northwest High School product has been coaching at the collegiate level since 2018.
Previous to Hutchinson, Fritz served for two seasons as an assistant coach at Southern Illinois University from 2022-24. The Salukis were a combined 42-23 in Fritz’s two seasons on the bench.
Prior to SIU, Fritz had a two-year stint at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where the Kangaroos went 30-25. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Tim Miles and Fred Hoiberg at the University of Nebraska from 2018-20.
Fritz was raised in Overland Park, graduating from Blue Valley Northwest High School in 2014. A four-year letterwinner, Fritz was a two-time all-state performer who helped his team to a pair of Kansas Class 6A State Titles. During his junior season, BVNW went 25-0 and finished 19th nationally, as ranked by USA Today. A two-time first-team Eastern Kansas League selection, Fritz finished as the third-leading scorer in school history. He also played football at BVNW, earning all-league accolades as a punter and defensive back.
After his success with the Huskies, Fritz spent his freshman season at Sacred Heart (Conn.) University. He then transferred to Missouri Southern, aiding the Lions to a 56-34 mark in his three years. In 2017-18, Missouri Southern went 20-10, finished second in the MIAA and reached the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
After graduating from Missouri Southern in 2018, Fritz attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned his Master’s in Educational Administration.
Fritz comes from an athletic family. His father, Ed, has more than 600 wins at the high school level in Kansas and has won four state titles since 2013 after playing at Baker University. His mother, Ann Costello, played collegiately at Nebraska from 1984-86, and captured a trio of state titles at Blue Valley North. His uncle, Willie Fritz, is currently the head football coach at Tulane. One of his grandfathers, Vince Costello, is a member of the Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame and another, Harry Fritz, was a college football coach and executive director of the NAIA.
Fritz has four siblings, Tyler, Tara, Jordan and Luke.