Fred Enke

For his son, the American football player, see Fred Enke (American football).

Fred Enke

Enke at the University of Arizona, c. 1960
Biographical details
Born	(1897-07-12)July 12, 1897
Died	November 2, 1985(1985-11-02) (aged 88) Casa Grande, Arizona
Playing career
Football
1918–1920	Minnesota
Basketball
1919–1921	Minnesota
Position(s)	Tackle (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922	South Dakota State (assistant)
1923–1924	Louisville
1925–1930	Arizona (assistant)
1931	Arizona
1932–1962	Arizona (assistant)
Basketball
1923–1925	Louisville
1925–1961	Arizona
Baseball
1924–1925	Louisville
Golf
1935–1967	Arizona
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1925	Louisville
Head coaching record
Overall	11–13–2 (football) 523–344 (basketball) 7–6 (baseball) 209–101–13 (golf)
Tournaments	Basketball 0–1 (NCAA) 0–3 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
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).

According to historian David Leighton, 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.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Louisville Cardinals (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1923–1924)
1923	Louisville	5–3
1924	Louisville	3–5–1
Louisville:		8–8–1
Arizona Wildcats (Border Conference) (1931)
1931	Arizona	3–5–1	1–1–1	T–2nd
Arizona:		3–5–1	1–1–1
Total:		11–13–2

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Louisville Cardinals (Independent) (1923–1925)
1923–24	Louisville	4–13
1924–25	Louisville	10–7
Louisville:		14–20 (.412)
Arizona Wildcats (Independent) (1925–1931)
1925–26	Arizona	6–7
1926–27	Arizona	13–4
1927–28	Arizona	13–3
1928–29	Arizona	19–4
1929–30	Arizona	15–6
1930–31	Arizona	9–6
Arizona Wildcats (Border Conference) (1931–1961)
1931–32	Arizona	18–2	8–2	1st
1932–33	Arizona	19–5	7–3	2nd
1933–34	Arizona	18–9	9–3	2nd
1934–35	Arizona	11–8	5–7	4th
1935–36	Arizona	16–7	11–5	1st
1936–37	Arizona	14–11	9–7	3rd
1937–38	Arizona	13–8	9–7	2nd
1938–39	Arizona	12–11	8–10	5th
1939–40	Arizona	15–10	12–4	T–1st
1940–41	Arizona	11–7
1941–42	Arizona	9–13	6–10	T–6th
1942–43	Arizona	22–2	11–1	2nd
1943–44	Arizona	12–2
1944–45	Arizona	7–11	3–4	6th
1945–46	Arizona	25–5	13–2	1st	NIT Quarterfinal
1946–47	Arizona	21–3	14–2	1st
1947–48	Arizona	19–10	12–4	1st
1948–49	Arizona	17–11	13–3	1st
1949–50	Arizona	26–5	14–2	1st	NIT First Round
1950–51	Arizona	24–6	15–1	1st	NCAA First Round, NIT Quarterfinal
1951–52	Arizona	11–16	6–8	T–4th
1952–53	Arizona	15–11	11–3	T–1st
1953–54	Arizona	14–10	8–4	3rd
1954–55	Arizona	8–17	3–9	6th
1955–56	Arizona	11–15	6–6	T–4th
1956–57	Arizona	13–13	5–5	3rd
1957–58	Arizona	10–15	4–6	T–4th
1958–59	Arizona	4–22	1–9	6th
1959–60	Arizona	10–14	4–6	4th
1960–61	Arizona	11–15	5–5	3rd
Arizona:		509–324 (.611)	232–138 (.627)
Total:		523–344 (.603)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Local sports legend has street, golf course named after him," Arizona Daily Star, June 10,2014
• Fred Enke at Find a Grave