Fred L. Smith (coach)
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American football and baseball coach
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Princeton University (1897) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1894–1896 | Princeton |
| Position(s) | End, halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1897–1898 | Illinois (assistant) |
| 1899 | Princeton (backfield) |
| 1900 | Illinois |
| 1901 | Fordham |
| 1904 | Fordham |
| 1906–1907 | Fordham |
| Baseball | |
| 1901–1905 | Fordham |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–9–5 (football) 213–66 (baseball) |
Frederick Lorenzo Smith was an American college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Illinois in 1900 and at Fordham University in 1901, 1904, and from 1906 to 1907, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 24–9–5. Smith was also the head baseball coach at Fordham from 1901 to 1905, tallying a mark of 213–66.
Smith played football at Princeton University as a end from 1894 to 1895 and as a halfback in 1896. He went to Illinois in 1897 as an assistant football coach under George Huff.[1] Smith returned to Princeton in 1899 to coach the backs on the football team.[2] [3]
Head coaching record
[edit ]Football
[edit ]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Fighting Illini (Western Conference) (1900) | ||||||||
| 1900 | Illinois | 7–3–2 | 1–3–2 | 8th | ||||
| Illinois: | 7–3–2 | 1–3–2 | ||||||
| Fordham (Independent) (1901) | ||||||||
| 1901 | Fordham | 2–1–1 | ||||||
| Fordham (Independent) (1904) | ||||||||
| 1904 | Fordham | 4–1–1 | ||||||
| Fordham (Independent) (1906–1907) | ||||||||
| 1906 | Fordham | 5–3 | ||||||
| 1907 | Fordham | 6–1–1 | ||||||
| Fordham: | 17–6–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 24–9–5 | |||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ "Football.—Coaches For Illinois Men". The Chicago Chronicle. Chicago, Illinois. September 3, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved January 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "Smith To Coach Illinois". The Illini . Champaign, Illinois. January 24, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved January 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "The Coaching Controversy". The Champaign Daily Gazette . Champaign, Illinois. July 20, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved January 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon .
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Fred Smith; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "Fordham Football 2024 Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University Athletics. pp. 154–155. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
