Gordon Pritz was Wheeler High School’s wrestling coach from 1980 to 1985 before going to McEachern High School, and also was a football assistant coach for the Wildcats.

He led McEachern to seven straight state championships and won 10 region championships while coaching 18 individual state champions.

Thirteen of his Wheeler wrestlers placed in the Top Four at the state meet, and four became state champions.

Pritz also coached Wheeler’s only state wrestling title team in 1985.

He was 192-32 in his overall coaching career before becoming a school administrator in Cobb County, Marietta and Paulding County.

Pritz is a retired superintendent of schools in Douglas County (GA) and with his wife, Ginny, has four grown sons - Billy, Randy, Nate and Craig.