Willie Fritz is still assembling his on-field assistant coaching staff at Houston, which hired away Fritz from Tulane over the weekend, but he has secured a pair of key off-the-field moves.
Sources tell FootballScoop that Wes Fritz is joining his father's staff in the role of director of player personnel for the Houston Cougars. He had spent the past eight seasons in a similar role at Tulane and also served as the Green Wave's pro liaison.
Additionally, Fritz is bringing with him Shane Meyer as his director of football operations.
The 2022 FootballScoop Operations Director of the Year, Meyer spent his playing career under Fritz at Central Missouri and had served as the ops head for Fritz at Georgia Southern before he also followed Fritz to Tulane.
Fritz previously told FootballScoop of Meyer, "Shane takes care of everything so all players and coaches need to do is go win football games.
"With Shane, he's so smart. He was a three-time Academic All-American when he played for me. On top of that, though, it's the work he puts in. He does it all for our program."