Willie Fritz - - Practice Plans & Situational Football
by Texas High School Coaches Association
Description
Discover how one of college football’s most respected head coaches, Willie Fritz (Tulane University), designs practices, manages staff, and masters situational football to consistently build winning programs. With over 30 years of head coaching experience at multiple levels, Coach Fritz shares his proven Plan to Win philosophy, covering essentials such as ball security, running game control, special teams execution, and discipline.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
-
Structure efficient practices that maximize reps, teaching, and situational awareness.
-
Apply game management and clock strategies that win close matchups.
-
Develop a culture of discipline, finishing strong, and putting the team first.
-
Utilize your coaching staff effectively to create a unified and focused program.
-
Implement Masters of Situational Football to prepare players for real-game scenarios.
Coach Fritz breaks down both on-field strategies and off-field leadership principles, giving coaches a clear blueprint for long-term success. Whether you’re a head coach, coordinator, or position coach, this course provides actionable tools to elevate your program’s performance.
Perfect for coaches looking to improve practice efficiency, situational football IQ, and overall program culture.
Lessons
The Coach
Willie Fritz - Houston
Willie Fritz has been a head football coach since 1993 in a career that spans back to its start in 1982. He has amassed a career record of 236-119-1 including back-back national championships at the junior college level, back-to-back national championship game appearances at the FCS level, and leading 5 teams to FBS bowl games. Fritz capped off this past season by leading the #9 ranked Green Wave to a Cotton Bowl victory. In four seasons at Blinn Junior College, he achieved an overall record of 39-5-1 with consecutive national championships in 1995 and 1996. He then took over at the University of Central Missouri becoming the winningest head coach in school history over his 13 seasons there. In four seasons at Sam Houston, his teams went a combined 40-15 and played for two consecutive national championships in 2011 and 2012. At Georgia Southern he led the 2014 team to an undefeated Sun Belt Conference Championship and then led the 2015 team to its first ever FBS bowl game appearance. Fritz has been the head coach at Tulane since December 2015, taking over a program that had only won 41 games in the previous 12 seasons. In his seven seasons at Tulane, he has led the Green Wave to 43 wins, first-ever consecutive bowl victories, first-ever three consecutive bowl game appearances, and first-ever stretch of four bowl game appearances in five seasons. In 2022, the Green Wave capped off the greatest turnaround in school history with the AAC Championship and Cotton Bowl victory. That team finished 12-2 and ranked #9 in the final poll.
Ratings and Reviews (0)
This Course Includes
| 24 hours on-demand video |
| Streaming from mobile and TV |
| Lifetime access |
| Certificate of completion |
| 100% money back guarantee |
Course Info
| Rating: | (0) |
|---|---|
| Caterory: | Football/Practice Planning |
| Bookings: | 32 |
| Duration: | |
| Videos: | 20 |
