Fred Goldsmith
Fred Goldsmith went 59–104–1 as a head coach, 1981–2010, at Slippery Rock, Rice, Duke and Lenoir-Rhyne. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1981 at Slippery Rock; 2007–10 at Lenoir-Rhyne. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 59–104–1 career
- Seasons
- 15
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1994 8–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Slippery Rock * | 2–7 | T–5th (West) | |||
| 1982–88: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1989 | Rice | 2–8–1 | T–7th | |||
| 1990 | Rice | 5–6 | T–5th | |||
| 1991 | Rice | 4–7 | 8th | |||
| 1992 | Rice | 6–5 | T–2nd | |||
| 1993 | Rice | 6–5 | T–4th | |||
| 1994 | Duke | 8–4 | T–3rd | Hall of Fame Bowl L | ||
| 1995 | Duke | 3–8 | 8th | |||
| 1996 | Duke | 0–11 | 9th | |||
| 1997 | Duke | 2–9 | 9th | |||
| 1998 | Duke | 4–7 | 6th | |||
| 1999–06: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2007 | Lenoir-Rhyne * | 2–9 | 7th | |||
| 2008 | Lenoir-Rhyne * | 3–8 | 7th | |||
| 2009 | Lenoir-Rhyne * | 5–6 | T–6th | |||
| 2010 | Lenoir-Rhyne * | 7–4 | 3rd | |||
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.
Players he coached
Trevor Cobb1991 Doak Walker Award
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 22 | 2–20 | 9% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against rivals | 45 | 14–31 | 31% |
| Conference games | 78 | 22–56 | 28% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 36 | 15–20–1 | 43% |
| At home | 55 | 25–30 | 45% |
| On the road | 54 | 15–38–1 | 29% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 38 | 26–12 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 73 | 14–58–1 | 20% |
His own 111 games on file, 1989–1998, 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.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Caldwell 1994–1998 | 3–2 | Wake Forest | 5 | |
| Spike Dykes 1989–1993 | 2–3 | Texas Tech | 5 | |
| Tommy West 1994–1998 | 2–3 | Clemson | 5 | |
| George Welsh 1994–1998 | 1–4 | Virginia | 5 | |
| R.C. Slocum 1989–1993 | 0–5 | Texas A&M | 5 | |
| Bobby Bowden 1994–1998 | 0–5 | Florida State | 5 | |
| Mike O’Cain 1994–1998 | 0–5 | NC State | 5 | |
| Grant Teaff 1989–1992 | 3–1 | Baylor | 4 | |
| Bob Sutton 1994–1997 | 3–1 | Army | 4 | |
| Mack Brown 1994–1997 | 0–4 | North Carolina | 4 |
Fred Goldsmith’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Wake Forestseries | 7 | 4–2–1 |
| SMUseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Northwesternseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Baylorseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Navyseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Clemsonseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| TCUseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Texas Techseries | 5 | 2–3 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 1994 Duke: Bobby Dodd Award
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–78 | Florida A&M | Defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1979 | Air Force | Tight ends coach | |
| 1980 | Air Force | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 1981 | Slippery Rock | Head coach | |
| 1982–83 | Air Force | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 1984–88 | Arkansas | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 1989–93 | Rice | Head coach | |
| 1994–98 | Duke | Head coach | |
| 2001–05 | Franklin HS (NC) high school | Head coach | |
| 2007–10 | Lenoir-Rhyne | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ken HatfieldAir Force, Arkansas
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jeff McInerneyCentral Connecticut
- Craig BohlWyoming, North Dakota State
- Keith BurnsTulsa
- John ZernheltThe Citadel
- Clay HeltonUSC, Georgia Southern
- Brad SherrodTexas Wesleyan, Morehouse
- Blake HarrellEast Carolina
- Mike HoustonEast Carolina, Lenoir Rhyne, The Citadel, James Madison
- Joel TaylorWest Georgia, Mercer
- Brent ThompsonThe Citadel
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hatfield | Air Force | 1979–83 | 1979: tight ends coach; 1980–83: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Ken Hatfield | Arkansas | 1984–88 | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (10)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff McInerney | Slippery Rock, 1981: graduate assistant; Rice, 1992–93: defensive ends coach; Duke, 1994–95: defensive coordinator and defensive ends and linebackers coach | Central Connecticut | |
| Craig Bohl | Rice, 1989–93: defensive coordinator; Duke, 1994: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Wyoming, North Dakota State | |
| Keith Burns | Rice, 1989–92: assistant coach | Tulsa | |
| John Zernhelt | Rice, 1992–93: offensive line coach; Duke, 1994: offensive line coach; 1995: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | The Citadel | |
| Clay Helton | Duke, 1995: graduate assistant; 1996: running backs coach | USC, Georgia Southern | |
| Brad Sherrod | Duke, 1997–98: linebackers coach | Texas Wesleyan, Morehouse | |
| Blake Harrell | Franklin HS (NC), 2005: defensive backs coach; Lenoir Rhyne, 2007–10: defensive coordinator, special teams and linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator | East Carolina | |
| Mike Houston | Lenoir Rhyne, 2007–10: defensive coordinator | East Carolina, Lenoir Rhyne, The Citadel, James Madison | |
| Joel Taylor | Lenoir Rhyne, 2009: outside linebackers coach | West Georgia, Mercer | |
| Brent Thompson | Lenoir Rhyne, 2010: offensive coordinator | The Citadel |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Heimerdinger | Rice, 1989–93: offensive coordinator; Duke, 1994: offensive coordinator | |
| Ted Gill | Rice, 1989: defensive line coach | |
| Les Koenning | Rice, 1990–93: wide receivers coach; Duke, 1998: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bob Trott | Duke, 1996–98: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Larry Beckish | Duke, 1996–97: offensive coordinator | |
| Joe D’Alessandris | Duke, 1997–98: offensive line 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.