Wall of Fame
Don Fritsch coached the UWL men's cross country squad to two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III championships, in 2001 and 2005, and 10 top-seven national finishes in his 14 seasons as head coach. He was named the 2001 NCAA III Cross Country Coach of the Year. Fritsch was also selected the 2005 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III Midwest Regional and National Cross Country Coach of the Year. UWL won eight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles (1998-99, 2001, 2004-07, 2009) under Fritsch as he earned WIAC Coach of the Year honors seven times (1998-99, 2001, 2004-07). He served six years as an assistant coach of the men's cross country and men's track & field teams prior to being named head cross country coach in 1998.
Fritsch served as UWL's interim head men's track & field coach in 2007-08, leading the Eagles to the 2008 NCAA Division III indoor championship. UWL swept the WIAC indoor and outdoor track & field titles under Fritsch in 2008 as he earned 2008 WIAC Indoor Co-Coach of the Year honors. He was a volunteer assistant men's track & field coach at UWL from 1992-2012.
A 1980 graduate of UWL, Fritsch ran on the cross country and track & field squads. He earned All-WIAC and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) District 14 honors. He returned to UWL and earned his master's degree in physical education-human performance in 1993.
