 Fitzgerald is only the second head coach to lead Northwestern to four consecutive winning seasons (2015–2018) and the first since Dick Hanley coached the Wildcats to winning years from 1928–1931.Fitzgerald's .576 winning percentage at NU is the highest since Glenn Thistlewaite coached the Wildcats from 1922 to 1926.The 2014–2017 Wildcats seasons are the best – in terms of wins – since the Wildcats teams of 1903–1905.