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HOUSTON — Willie Fritz has been hired as Houston's coach, replacing Dana Holgorsen, who was fired a week ago after five seasons with the Cougars. Fritz spent the last eight seasons at Tulane, where he was named American Athletic Conference coach of the year in the last two seasons. Fritz has led Tulane to consecutive AAC championship games. The Green Wave lost to SMU 26-14 in the AAC title game Saturday to end the regular season 11-2. Fritz's 54 coaching victories at Tulane ranks second all-time for the Green Wave. Fritz's departure comes less than two months after former Tulane Athletic Director Troy Dannen left for Washington. Now newly hired Tulane A.D. David Harris will begin his tenure with a coaching search.
