Santa Fe College (FL) names Ritzdorf as new Head Basketball Coach

Santa Fe College Athletics is pleased to announce the hiring of John Ritzdorf as the Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Ritzdorf is replacing long-time Head Coach Chris Mowry, who retired after a twenty-one-year tenure at Santa Fe while earning five conference coach of the year awards. “I am so grateful and excited to be the head coach at Santa Fe. I want to thank Dr. Naima Brown, Athletic Director Chanda Stebbins, and the entire search committee. I look forward to the challenge of building on the success that Coach Mowry has had over the past twenty years. My family and I can’t wait to get to Gainesville and become fully ingrained in the Saints community,” said John Ritzdorf . Ritzdorf most recently completed his fifth season as the men’s basketball head coach at Central Community College. At CCC he was a three-time Region 9 Coach of the Year and led the Raiders to their first NJCAA Division II National Tournament appearance in nine years. CCC had the highest winning percentage of any two-year collegiate program in Nebraska under Ritzdorf, and he was named to the 2020 National Association of Basketball Coaches Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, which represents 30 of the most outstanding men’s college basketball coaches under the age of 30.
Courtesy of: santafesaints.com