Herb Fitzer retired from Zanesville City Schools in June of 2014. During his educational career, Herb taught at Meadowbrook High School, Zanesville High School and The Muskingum County Juvenile Detention Center. One of the duties Herb enjoyed was coaching young people--he coached Track, Cross Country and Wrestling at Meadowbrook, Swimming, Cross Country and Indoor/Outdoor Track at Zanesville and coached Cross Country and Track at Tri-Valley High School after he retired from teaching. He ended his paid coaching career in 2019 and is presently a volunteer coach at Muskingum University.