A successful head coach from middle school to D-II college basketball will take the reins at Hutchinson 
High School in 2015-16. Chad Wintz has been named head boys’ basketball coach at Hutchinson High School.
Wintz replaces Nathan Henry who stepped down after the 2014-15 season to spend more time with his family. Wintz’s most recent coaching job was as the head coach of the Hutchinson Middle School – 7 team in 2009-10 when his undefeated squad won both the league and the league post-season tournament. Locally, though, Wintz is better known for his five years as head men’s basketball coach of Hutchinson Community College where he went 111-46 from the 2001-02 season to 2005-06. He also served as assistant athletic director at HCC for a year. Wintz will continue his career in life insurance sales with Hutchinson’s Fee Insurance in addition to being head coach at HHS.
Prior to HCC, Wintz was head men’s basketball coach at Fort Hays State University from 1997 to 2001, a D-II program. He went 77-35 at Fort Hays and was Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2000-01 when the squad went 23-6. Wintz’ first head basketball coaching job was at Dodge City from 1993 through 1997 where he went 67-57. His first head coaching position was as men’s golf coach at Fort Hays.
The coach also has been an assistant basketball coach at Fort Hays and Colby Community College. He was a graduate assistant coach at Wichita State under Eddie Fogler.