Pete Fredenburg
Pete Fredenburg (born September 15, 1949) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at University of Mary Hardin–Baylor in Belton, Texas from the program's inception in 1997 until his retirement following the 2021 season; the program began play in 1998. Fredenburg led Mary Hardin–Baylor to three NCAA Division III Football Championship titles, in 2016, 2018, and 2021. The 2016 title later was later vacated.[1] His 2004 squad finished as NCAA Division III runner-up, losing to Linfield. Before coming to Mary Hardin–Baylor, Fredenburg served as an assistant coach at Baylor University (1982–1993), Louisiana State University (1994), and Louisiana Tech University (1995–1996).[2] He played college football at Southwest Texas State University—now known as Texas State University—from 1968 to 1970.
Biographical details | |
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Born | September 15, 1949 |
Playing career | |
1968–1970 | Southwest Texas State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1971–1976 | New Braunfels HS (TX) (assistant) |
1977 | Canyon HS (TX) (assistant) |
1978–1979 | Giddings HS (TX) |
1980–1982 | Baylor (DL) |
1983–1984 | Baylor (DC/DL) |
1985–1989 | Baylor (DC) |
1990–1991 | Baylor (DC/DT) |
1992 | Baylor (AHC/DT) |
1993 | Baylor (AHC/DC) |
1994 | LSU (DT) |
1995–1996 | Louisiana Tech (DC) |
1998–2021 | Mary Hardin–Baylor |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 231–39 (college)[n 1] |
Tournaments | 39–15 (NCAA D-III playoffs)[n 1] |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 NCAA Division III (2018, 2021)[n 1] 19 ASC (2002–2003, 2005–2021) | |
Awards | |
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2013) AFCA NCAA Division III COY (2016) Texas Sports Hall of Fame (2018) D3football.com Coach of the Year (2021) | |
Fredenburg announced his retirement on January 7, 2022.[3]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | D3# | |||
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Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders (American Southwest Conference) (1998–present) | |||||||||
1998 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 3–7 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
1999 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 4–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
2000 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 9–1 | 8–1 | 2nd | |||||
2001 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 8–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2002 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2003 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 9–1 | 8–1 | T–1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | 15 | |||
2004 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 13–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III Championship | 2 | |||
2005 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 11 | |||
2006 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 10–3 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 8 | |||
2007 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 3 | |||
2008 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 3 | |||
2009 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 10–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 7 | |||
2010 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 5 | |||
2011 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 5 | |||
2012 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 13–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 5 | |||
2013 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 2 | |||
2014 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 11–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 6 | |||
2015 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 11–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 7 | |||
2016 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 2–0[n 1] | 1–0[n 1] | 1st | W (vacated)[n 1] NCAA Division III Championship | 1 | |||
2017 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 1–0[n 1] | 1–0[n 1] | 1st | L (vacated)[n 1] NCAA Division III Championship | 2 | |||
2018 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 15–0 | 9–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | 1 | |||
2019 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
2020–21 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1st (East) | |||||
2021 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 15–0 | 9–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | 1 | |||
Mary Hardin–Baylor: | 231–39[n 1] | 154–16[n 1] | |||||||
Total: | 231–39[n 1] | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Notes
- In June 2020, Mary Hardin–Baylor vacated a total of 26 wins and 1 loss from the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The Crusaders finished the 2016 season with an overall record 15–0 and a conference mark of 6–0. 13 wins, including 5 conference wins and 5 wins in the NCAA Division III playoffs, and the NCAA Division III title from the 2016 season were vacated. Mary Hardin–Baylor finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 14–1 with a conference mark of 9–0. 13 wins and 1 loss, including 8 conference wins and 4 wins and 1 loss in the NCAA Division III playoffs from the 2017 season were vacated.
References
- "NCAA vacates 2016 Mary Hardin-Baylor football national championship". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. June 26, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- "Football". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. Associated Press. May 13, 1997. p. 25. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- Umana, Khadeeja (January 7, 2022). "UMHB Head Football Coach Pete Fredenburg retires". kxxv.com. Retrieved January 11, 2022.