Fred Enke, head coach at Arizona
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Fred Enke

Fred Enke went 11–⁠13–⁠2 as a head coach, 1923–⁠1931, at Louisville and Arizona.

Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1923–⁠24 at Louisville. They’re marked in the table.

Record
11–⁠13–⁠2 career
Seasons
3
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1931 3–⁠5–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national title
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1923Louisville *5–⁠3
1924Louisville *3–⁠5–⁠1
1925–⁠30: not a college head coach
1931Arizona3–⁠5–⁠1T–2nd

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals20–⁠1–⁠1
Conference games31–⁠1–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer42–⁠1–⁠1
At home63–⁠3
On the road30–⁠2–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite43–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog50–⁠4–⁠1

His own nine games on file, 1931, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Northern Arizonaseries11–⁠0
Pomona Pitzerseries11–⁠0
DePaulseries11–⁠0
Arizona Stateseries10–⁠1
San Diego Stateseries10–⁠1
Coloradoseries10–⁠1
New Mexicoseries10–⁠0–⁠1
Oklahoma Stateseries10–⁠1

Also a player: Fred Enke’s playing career.

Career

YearsTeamJob
1922South Dakota StateAssistant coach
1923–⁠24LouisvilleHead coach
1925–⁠30ArizonaAssistant coach
1931ArizonaHead coach
1932–⁠62ArizonaAssistant coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Fred Enke
Worked under (9)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Pop McKaleArizona1925–⁠30Assistant coach
Gus FarwickArizona1932Assistant coach
Tex OliverArizona1933–⁠37Assistant coach
Orian LandrethArizona1938Assistant coach
Miles CasteelArizona1939–⁠48Assistant coach
Robert WinslowArizona1949–⁠51Assistant coach
Warren WoodsonArizona1952–⁠56Assistant coach
Edward DohertyArizona1957–⁠58Assistant coach
Jim LaRueArizona1959–⁠62Assistant coach

From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.