Fred Sefton

Frederick Stanley Sefton (August 7, 1888 – March 11, 1976) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Akron for nine seasons, from 1915 to 1923, compiling a record of 33–34–4. Sefton also coached the men's basketball team at Akron for a total of 11 seasons, nine from 1916 to 1924 and two more from 1925 to 1927, tallying a total mark of 103–42. He played college football at Colgate University.

Fred Sefton

Biographical details
Born	(1888-08-07)August 7, 1888 Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1976(1976-03-11) (aged 87) Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1913	Colgate
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915–1923	Akron
Basketball
1916–1924	Akron
1925–1927	Akron
Baseball
1916–1924	Akron
1927–1930	Akron
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1946	Akron
Head coaching record
Overall	33–34–4 (football) 103–42 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 2 OAC (1919–1920)

Sefton died on March 11, 1976, at Akron General Medical Center in Akron, Ohio.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Akron (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1915–1923)
1915	Akron	1–7–1	1–6	T–10th
1916	Akron	2–7	2–4	9th
1917	Akron	5–3	3–1	5th
1918	Akron	2–2–1	1–2–1	10th
1919	Akron	6–1–1	5–1–1	6th
1920	Akron	4–4	2–4	12th
1921	Akron	5–3	4–3	T–7th
1922	Akron	5–3	5–3	8th
1923	Akron	4–3–1	2–3–1	13th
Akron:		33–34–4
Total:		33–34–4

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Akron (Independent) (1915–1918)
1915–16	Akron	5–5
1916–17	Akron	14–2
1917–18	Akron	9–4
Akron (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1918–1924)
1918–19	Akron	14–0		1st
1919–20	Akron	12–2		1st
1920–21	Akron	11–2
1921–22	Akron	5–8
1922–23	Akron	12–1
1923–24	Akron	10–3	9–3	T–6th
Akron (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1925–1927)
1925–26	Akron	6–7	6–4	6th
1926–27	Akron	5–8	4–8	7th
Akron:		103–42
Total:		103–42
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