| Fred Folsom | |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Old Town, Maine, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Hines, Illinois, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1892–1894 |
| Player Team2: | Dartmouth |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1895–1899 |
| Coach Team2: | Colorado |
| Coach Years3: | 1901–1902 |
| Coach Team3: | Colorado |
| Coach Years4: | 1903–1906 |
| Coach Team4: | Dartmouth |
| Coach Years5: | 1908–1915 |
| Coach Team5: | Colorado |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1898–1899 |
| Coach Team7: | Colorado |
| Overall Record: | 106–28–6 (football) 6–6 (baseball) |
| Championships: | Football 5 CFA (1895–1897, 1901–1902) 4 CFAC/RMC (1909–1911, 1913) |
Fred Gorham Folsom (November 9, 1873 – November 11, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder (1895–1899, 1901–1902, 1908–1915) and at Dartmouth College from (1903–1906), compiling a career college football record of 106–28–6. Folsom played football at Dartmouth from 1892 to 1894. He was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1898 and 1899, tallying a mark of 6–6. Folsom practiced law in Denver and Boulder and taught at the University of Colorado Law School from 1905 to 1943.[1] The football stadium at the University of Colorado, originally named Colorado Stadium, was renamed as Folsom Field in his honor in 1944.
Folsom was born to Franklin W. Folsom and Lillian A. Hopkins in Old Town, Maine on November 9, 1873. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1895 and earned an LLB from the University of Colorado in 1899.[2]