Vince Fitz wrestled for two Hall of Fame Coaches: Russ Riegel at Hunterdon Central High School and Bill Kohl at Penn State University. At Hunterdon Central he earned the enviable career record of 61-7-3, highlighted with a record of 22-0 his senior year and a State Championship at 136 pounds in 1964. At Penn State he continued to excel, earning three varsity letters and accumulating a college record of 38-11-1. In 1967, in keeping with his aggressive style, he received the Charles Speidel Award for earning the most team points. He placed second and had two third place finishes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships.

His first coaching experiences came at Columbia University where he served for three years as an assistant coach, but it was his arrival at Delaware Valley High School where his skills in working with young men came to the fore. He coached at Del Val from 1971 through 1990 taking a small rural community with little experience in wrestling to become one of the elite wrestling programs in New Jersey. His team career record is 284-60-3. Ten of his teams were ranked in the top ten winning seven Central Jersey Group II Championships, six Group II State Championship Titles, five Conference Titles and earning the 1984 Star Ledger Trophy as the number one team in New Jersey. Individually, Vince coached three wrestlers to four State Championships, two of whom won Outstanding Wrestling Awards: Jeff Segreaves and Jamie Wicks.

Vince is proud of many of his former wrestlers who have been highly successful in life and continue to contribute to the development of wrestling in their community. He is especially proud of two outstanding wrestlers on the 1984 team: urologist Dr. Andy Crowder a graduate of Columbia University and Grant Gould, a Brown graduate and now financial advisor. Of course, he has a special place in his heart for his son, Andy, a Lehigh engineering graduate, who earned four varsity letters and placed fourth in the EIWA. Vince has been recognized as Coach of the Year on six occasions and is a member of the Region V Hall of Fame, Hunterdon Central Wall of Fame and is a recipient of the Penn State Wrestling Alumnus of the Year Award in 1984.