Fred L. Smith (coach)

American football and baseball coach

Fred L. SmithBiographical 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

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### Football

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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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 |

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## References

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1. ^ "Football.—Coaches For Illinois Men". The Chicago Chronicle. Chicago, Illinois. September 3, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved January 19, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
2. ^ "Smith To Coach Illinois". The Illini. Champaign, Illinois. January 24, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved January 19, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "The Coaching Controversy". The Champaign Daily Gazette. Champaign, Illinois. July 20, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved January 19, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Fred Smith; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
5. ^ "Fordham Football 2024 Media Guide" (PDF). Fordham University Athletics. pp. 154–155. Retrieved January 21, 2025.

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Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches

* Scott Williams (1890)
* Robert Lackey (1891)
* Edward K. Hall (1892–1893)
* Louis Vail (1894)
* George Huff (1895–1899)
* Fred L. Smith (1900)
* Edgar Holt (1901–1902)
* George Washington Woodruff (1903)
* Arthur R. Hall, Justa Lindgren, Fred Lowenthal & Clyde Mathews (1904)
* Fred Lowenthal (1905)
* Justa Lindgren (1906)
* Arthur R. Hall (1907–1912)
* Robert Zuppke (1913–1941)
* Ray Eliot (1942–1959)
* Pete Elliott (1960–1966)
* Jim Valek (1967–1970)
* Bob Blackman (1971–1976)
* Gary Moeller (1977–1979)
* Mike White (1980–1987)
* John Mackovic (1988–1991)
* Lou Tepper (1991–1996)
* Ron Turner (1997–2004)
* Ron Zook (2005–2011)
* Vic Koenning # (2011)
* Tim Beckman (2012–2014)
* Bill Cubit # (2015)
* Lovie Smith (2016–2020)
* Rod Smith # (2020)
* Bret Bielema (2021– )

# denotes interim head coach

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Fordham Rams head football coaches

* No coach (1882)
* John F. Condon (1883)
* No team (1884)
* George Wallace (1885)
* Unknown (1886–1887)
* Charles Livingston (1888)
* Thomas Carmody (1889)
* James McNally (1890)
* John P. Lee (1891)
* Harry Ely (1892)
* John P. Lee (1893)
* George G. Grainger (1894–1896)
* Frederick Shaeffer & Bob Carmody (1897)
* James Massterson & John Couch (1898)
* John J. Mullen (1899)
* Maurice McCarthy (1900)
* Maurice McCarthy & Fred L. Smith (1901)
* Yale Murphy (1902)
* Harry Ely (1903)
* Fred L. Smith (1904)
* Eugene F. McGee (1905)
* Fred L. Smith (1906–1907)
* Howard Gargan (1908–1909)
* No team (1910–1911)
* Tom Thorp (1912–1913)
* Skip Wymard (1914)
* Harry Vaughan (1915)
* Frank Gargan (1916)
* Frank Gargan & Frank McCaffrey (1917)
* Edward Siskind (1918)
* No team (1919)
* Joseph DuMoe (1920–1921)
* Frank Gargan (1922–1926)
* Frank Cavanaugh (1927–1932)
* Jim Crowley (1933–1941)
* Earl Walsh (1942)
* No team (1943–1945)
* Ed Danowski (1946–1954)
* No team (1955–1963)
* Jim Lansing (1964–1971)
* Dean Loucks (1972–1974)
* Dave Rice (1975–1978)
* Jack Stephans (1979–1980)
* O'Neal Tutein (1981–1985)
* Larry Glueck (1986–1993)
* Nick Quartaro (1994–1997)
* Ken O'Keefe (1998)
* Dave Clawson (1999–2003)
* Ed Foley (2004–2005)
* Tom Masella (2006–2011)
* Joe Moorhead (2012–2015)
* Andrew Breiner (2016–2017)
* Joe Conlin (2018– )

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Fordham Rams head baseball coaches

* Unknown (1860–1869)
* Mike Cameron (1870–1871)
* Unknown (1872–1884)
* Neil Collins (1885)
* Jack Lynch (1886–1891)
* Harry Ely (1892–1893)
* Dan Kiernan (1894–1897)
* Jim Garry (1898)
* Jack Doyle (1899–1900)
* Fred L. Smith (1901–1905)
* Gene Basford (1906)
* Bill Keane (1907)
* Gene Basford (1908)
* Jack Coffey (1909–1917)
* Bill Keane (1918)
* Art Devlin (1919–1921)
* Bill Keane (1922)
* Jack Coffey (1923–1943)
* No team (1944)
* Jack Coffey (1945–1958)
* Dan Rinaldo (1959–1969)
* Gil McDougald (1970–1976)
* Jack Lyons (1977–1982)
* Paul Blair (1983)
* Dan Gallagher (1984–2004)
* Nick Restaino (2005–2011)
* Kevin Leighton (2012– )

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