Fred Brice
 Brice pictured in The Prism 1939, Maine yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 6, 1887 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 10, 1967 (aged 79) Pittsfield, New Hampshire |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1940 | Maine |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1929 | Maine |
| Baseball | |
| 1926–1935 | Maine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 79–58–9 (football) 14–31 (basketball) 67–60 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 10 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1922, 1924–1928, 1931–1934) Baseball 5 Maine State Series (1926, 1927, 1930–1932) | |
Fred Mansfield Brice (December 6, 1887 – January 10, 1967) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1921 to 1940, compiling a record of 79–58–9 and winning 10 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Brice was also the head basketball coach at Maine from 1925 to 1929, tallying a mark of 14–31, and the school's head baseball coach from 1926 to 1935, amassing a record of 67–60. Brice died at the age of 79 on January 10, 1967 at his home in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921–1940) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Maine | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1922 | Maine | 6–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1923 | Maine | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1924 | Maine | 4–3–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1925 | Maine | 5–2–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1926 | Maine | 7–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1927 | Maine | 6–1 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1928 | Maine | 4–1–2 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1929 | Maine | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1930 | Maine | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1931 | Maine | 4–3 | 1st | ||||||
| 1932 | Maine | 5–1–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1933 | Maine | 4–3 | 1st | ||||||
| 1934 | Maine | 4–3 | 1st | ||||||
| 1935 | Maine | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1936 | Maine | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1937 | Maine | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| 1938 | Maine | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1939 | Maine | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1940 | Maine | 1–6 | |||||||
| Maine: | 79–58–9 | ||||||||
| Total: | 79–58–9 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Baseball
Below is a table of Brice's records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[3][4]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine (1926–1935) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Maine | 6-5 | |||||||
| 1927 | Maine | 7-4 | |||||||
| 1928 | Maine | 3-9 | |||||||
| 1929 | Maine | 8-6 | |||||||
| 1930 | Maine | 8-7 | |||||||
| 1931 | Maine | 7-6 | |||||||
| 1932 | Maine | 9-5 | |||||||
| 1933 | Maine | 7-5 | |||||||
| 1934 | Maine | 5-7 | |||||||
| 1935 | Maine | 7-6 | |||||||
| Total: | 67-60 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZJQ-8NL
- ^ "Service Set For Fred Brice". The News-Dispatch. United Press International. January 11, 1967. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ^ "2014 Maine Baseball Guide". Maine Athletic Media Relations. p. 36. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "Baseball". Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.