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John Kotz
Personal information
Born	March 27, 1919; Rhinelander, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	May 8, 1999 (aged 80); Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school	Rhinelander (Rhinelander, Wisconsin)
College	Wisconsin (1940–1943)
Position	Forward
Career history
1945–1946	Sheboygan Red Skins
Career highlights and awards
	NCAA champion (1941); NCAA final Four Most Outstanding Player (1941); Consensus first-team All-American (1942); Consensus second-team All-American (1943);

John P. Kotz (March 27, 1919 – May 8, 1999) was an American college basketball player and early professional, best known as the Most Outstanding Player of the 1941 NCAA tournament as a member of the Wisconsin Badgers.

Collegiate career

Kotz, a 6'3 forward from Rhinelander, Wisconsin, played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1940 to 1943. As a sophomore, Kotz led the Badgers to the 1941 NCAA Championship and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. He was an All-American in 1942 and 1943. Kotz left Wisconsin as the school's leading scorer.^[1]

He was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.