Tony Fritz enters his first season as an assistant coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce after serving in the same capacity with the back-to-back CBA Champion Yakama Sun Kings the past two seasons. He worked in a coaching capacity for seven seasons in Yakima, five of them under the tutelage of former Skyforce assistant and head coach Paul Woolpert.

Fritz was originally hired as a coaching intern when Paul Woolpert took over as head coach 32 games into the 1997-98 season. He was promoted to assistant coach the following season and remained on staff until the Sun Kings franchise was forced to shut down when the CBA ceased operations in February of 2001. The franchise returned for the 2002-03 season after a one-year hiatus and Fritz was hired to serve as the assistant coach for Bill Bayno. After teaching and coaching high school basketball for two seasons Fritz was reunited with coach Woolpert in Yakima from 2004-06. He has been on the bench for four (‘00, ‘03, ’06, ’07) of the franchises five CBA championships.

In his CBA coaching career Fritz has coached several players that went on to the NBA including: Raja Bell, Mitchell Butler, Anthony Carter, Tremaine Fowlkes, Anthony Goldwire, Art Long, Anthony Miller, Darrick Martin and Ronny Turiaf.

A graduate of Central Washington University and West Valley High School, the 32-year-old Fritz resides in Yakima with his wife Cindy.