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Coaching Staff 
Tony Fritz was the Foresters' head men's hockey coach for 32 years from 1978-2010. Fritz led the program into the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association in 2009-10 after 17 seasons in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. The Foresters also competed in the American Collegiate Hockey Association from 1985-87. Fritz, the Lake Forest hockey program's career leader with 351 victories, guided the Foresters to 13 or more wins in a season 14 times. His teams have qualified for conference or national post-season playoffs in 23 of his last 30 seasons behind the bench, including the NCAA quarterfinals in 1991. He also guided the Foresters to an American Collegiate Hockey Association title in 1986-87. Fritz ranked among the top 50 all-time in collegiate coaching victories (all divisions) at the time of his retirement. Fritz is also the winningest men's soccer coach ever at Lake Forest. In 16 seasons, concluding in 1993, he guided his soccer teams to eight conference championships. Including both sports, Fritz has compiled an overall record of 487-479-59 during his time at Lake Forest. Fritz began his coaching career as a high school coach at University School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he compiled an overall record of 159-90-7 while earning both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He was a 2006 inductee into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Forester Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also featured in a book on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario. Prior to his coaching career, Fritz was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization as a player in the Ontario Junior Hockey Association. He was considered to be one of the top five NHL prospects in Canada before an eye injury during the Memorial Cup Playoffs ended his career. He and his wife Pat live in Gurnee and have two children (Curtis and Charlene) and three grandchildren (Griffin, Owen, and Lily).
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