Fred Brice
![]() Brice pictured in The Prism 1939, Maine yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Lawrence, Massachusetts | December 6, 1887
Died | January 10, 1967 Pittsfield, New Hampshire | (aged 79)
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.
Brice 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. He is the "Brice" in the name of the rivalry game with the New Hampshire Wildcats, the Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket. 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.[1]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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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 |
Baseball[]
Below is a table of Brice's records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[2][3]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Maine Black Bears (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 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[]
- ^ "Service Set For Fred Brice". The News-Dispatch. Jeannette, Pennsylvania. United Press International. January 11, 1967. p. 17. Retrieved October 23, 2011 – via Google News.
- ^ "2014 Maine Baseball Guide". Maine Athletic Media Relations. p. 36. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "Baseball" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- 1887 births
- 1967 deaths
- Maine Black Bears baseball coaches
- Maine Black Bears football coaches
- Maine Black Bears men's basketball coaches
- Sportspeople from Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Baseball coaches from Massachusetts
- Coaches of American football from Massachusetts
- Basketball coaches from Massachusetts
- People from Pittsfield, New Hampshire