Hall of Fame
Born in Trent, Texas, Hartzog was the head men’s track and field coach at Southern Illinois from 1960-1984, Hartzog guided the Salukis to eight Missouri Valley Conference indoor titles (1976-78 and 1980-84) and 10-straight outdoor crowns (1975-84) during his tenure.
Hartzog was named Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Coach of the Year eight times.
Voted NCAA National Coach of the Year by his peers in 1982 and 1984, Hartzog powered SIU to a fifth-place showing at the 1984 NCAA Outdoor Championship.
Hartzog, who returned to Carbondale in 2001 for a ceremony where the new outdoor track at McAdrew Stadium was named in his honor, coached eight Olympians, more than 60 All-Americans and seven SIU Hall of Famers. He also tutored 24 individual indoor and 29 individual outdoor league champions.
Hartzog replaced Gale Sayers as Southern Illinois’ interim athletics director on Aug. 18, 1981, and his position became effective on Sept. 1, 1981. Four months later, he was named the Salukis’ permanent athletics director and held that position until April of 1985.