Pete Fredenburg

Pete Fredenburg (born September 15, 1949) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at University of Mary Hardin–Baylor in Belton, Texas from the program's inception in 1997 until his retirement following the 2021 season; the program began play in 1998. Fredenburg led Mary Hardin–Baylor to three NCAA Division III Football Championship titles, in 2016, 2018, and 2021. The 2016 title later was later vacated.^[1] His 2004 squad finished as NCAA Division III runner-up, losing to Linfield. Before coming to Mary Hardin–Baylor, Fredenburg served as an assistant coach at Baylor University (1982–1993), Louisiana State University (1994), and Louisiana Tech University (1995–1996).^[2] He played college football at Southwest Texas State University—now known as Texas State University—from 1968 to 1970.

Pete Fredenburg

Biographical details
Born	(1949-09-15) September 15, 1949 (age 75)
Playing career
1968–1970	Southwest Texas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1976	New Braunfels HS (TX) (assistant)
1977	Canyon HS (TX) (assistant)
1978–1979	Giddings HS (TX)
1980–1982	Baylor (DL)
1983–1984	Baylor (DC/DL)
1985–1989	Baylor (DC)
1990–1991	Baylor (DC/DT)
1992	Baylor (AHC/DT)
1993	Baylor (AHC/DC)
1994	LSU (DT)
1995–1996	Louisiana Tech (DC)
1998–2021	Mary Hardin–Baylor
Head coaching record
Overall	231–39 (college)[n 1]
Tournaments	39–15 (NCAA D-III playoffs)[n 1]
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division III (2018, 2021)[n 1] 19 ASC (2002–2003, 2005–2021)
Awards
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2013) AFCA NCAA Division III COY (2016) Texas Sports Hall of Fame (2018) D3football.com National Coach of the Year (2021)

Fredenburg announced his retirement on January 7, 2022.^[3]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	D3#
Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders (American Southwest Conference) (1998–2021)
1998	Mary Hardin–Baylor	3–7	2–5	T–5th
1999	Mary Hardin–Baylor	4–6	3–4	T–4th
2000	Mary Hardin–Baylor	9–1	8–1	2nd
2001	Mary Hardin–Baylor	8–2	7–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III First Round
2002	Mary Hardin–Baylor	10–1	9–0	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
2003	Mary Hardin–Baylor	9–1	8–1	T–1st		15
2004	Mary Hardin–Baylor	13–2	8–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III Championship	2
2005	Mary Hardin–Baylor	9–2	7–1	1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round	11
2006	Mary Hardin–Baylor	10–3	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	8
2007	Mary Hardin–Baylor	12–2	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Semifinal	3
2008	Mary Hardin–Baylor	12–2	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Semifinal	3
2009	Mary Hardin–Baylor	10–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round	7
2010	Mary Hardin–Baylor	12–1	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	5
2011	Mary Hardin–Baylor	12–1	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	5
2012	Mary Hardin–Baylor	13–1	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Semifinal	5
2013	Mary Hardin–Baylor	13–1	6–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Semifinal	2
2014	Mary Hardin–Baylor	11–1	5–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round	6
2015	Mary Hardin–Baylor	11–2	4–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	7
2016	Mary Hardin–Baylor	2–0[n 1]	1–0[n 1]	1st	W (vacated)[n 1] NCAA Division III Championship	1
2017	Mary Hardin–Baylor	1–0[n 1]	1–0[n 1]	1st	L (vacated)[n 1] NCAA Division III Championship	2
2018	Mary Hardin–Baylor	15–0	9–0	1st	W NCAA Division III Championship	1
2019	Mary Hardin–Baylor	12–1	9–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	6
2020–21	Mary Hardin–Baylor	5–0	4–0	1st (East)
2021	Mary Hardin–Baylor	15–0	9–0	1st	W NCAA Division III Championship	1
Mary Hardin–Baylor:		231–39[n 1]	154–16[n 1]
Total:		231–39[n 1]
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

• List of college football career coaching wins leaders

Notes

1. In June 2020, Mary Hardin–Baylor vacated a total of 26 wins and 1 loss from the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The Crusaders finished the 2016 season with an overall record 15–0 and a conference mark of 6–0. 13 wins, including 5 conference wins and 5 wins in the NCAA Division III playoffs, and the NCAA Division III title from the 2016 season were vacated. Mary Hardin–Baylor finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 14–1 with a conference mark of 9–0. 13 wins and 1 loss, including 8 conference wins and 4 wins and 1 loss in the NCAA Division III playoffs from the 2017 season were vacated.