Fred Enke | |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1897 |
Birth Place: | Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
Death Place: | Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1918–1920 |
Player Team2: | Minnesota |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1919–1921 |
Player Team4: | Minnesota |
Player Positions: | Tackle (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1922 |
Coach Team2: | South Dakota State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1923–1924 |
Coach Team3: | Louisville |
Coach Years4: | 1925–1930 |
Coach Team4: | Arizona (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1931 |
Coach Team5: | Arizona |
Coach Years6: | 1932–1962 |
Coach Team6: | Arizona (assistant) |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1923–1925 |
Coach Team8: | Louisville |
Coach Years9: | 1925–1961 |
Coach Team9: | Arizona |
Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
Coach Years11: | 1924–1925 |
Coach Team11: | Louisville |
Coach Sport12: | Golf |
Coach Years13: | 1935–1967 |
Coach Team13: | Arizona |
Admin Years1: | 1923–1925 |
Admin Team1: | Louisville |
Overall Record: | 11–13–2 (football) 523–344 (basketball) 7–6 (baseball) 209–101–13 (golf) |
Tournament Record: | Basketball 0–1 (NCAA) 0–3 (NIT) |
Championships: | Basketball 12 Border (1932, 1933, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1946–1951, 1953) |
Fred August Enke (July 12, 1897 – November 2, 1985) was an American football and basketball player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, and golf, and college athletics administrator. The Rochester, Minnesota native coached basketball for two seasons at the University of Louisville (1923–1925) and 36 seasons at the University of Arizona (1925–1961), compiling a career college basketball record of 522–344 (.603). Enke also spent two seasons as head football coach at Louisville (1923–1924) and one season as the head football coach at Arizona (1931), tallying a career college football mark of 11–13–2. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Louisville for two seasons (1924–1925) and the school's athletic director from 1923 to 1925. Enke's son, Fred William Enke, played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL).[1]
The street Enke Drive, on the University of Arizona campus is named in honor of Fred A. Enke. There is also the Fred Enke golf course in far eastern Tucson.[2]