New Track Coach Ready to Put Down Roots

By Jeff White
jwhite@virginia.edu

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- In his 38 years, Bryan Fetzer has lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, California, Mississippi and Indiana.

"That's 10," Fetzer said. And that's enough for UVa's new director of track & field/cross country.

"I'm tired of moving," Fetzer said in his McCue Center office. "I've moved enough in my life. I want to buy a house, relax, enjoy."

When the 2011-12 academic year began, Fetzer was the lead assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at Harvard, and he had no plans to leave Cambridge, Mass., at midyear. But after Jason Vigilante unexpectedly resigned in late November, Virginia needed a replacement to oversee its track & field and cross country programs. Fetzer had talked to UVa officials in 2008 during the search that ended with Vigilante's hiring, and so his interest was piqued when the job came open again.