Fred Mackey

Frederick C. "Fritz" Mackey (April 30, 1904 – July 2, 1987) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Butler University from 1932 to 1934, compiling a record of 10–11–2. Mackey was also the head baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1930 to 1932,[1] and at his alma mater, Ohio State University, from 1939 to 1944, tallying a career college baseball coaching mark of 10–11–2.[2]

Fred Mackey
Biographical details
Born(1904-04-30)April 30, 1904
DiedJuly 2, 1987(1987-07-02) (aged 83)
Sun City, Arizona
Playing career
Football
1922–1925Ohio State
Baseball
1923–1926Ohio State
Position(s)Lineman (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927–1931Ohio Wesleyan (line)
1932–1934Butler
1935–1943Ohio State (assistant)
Baseball
1930–1932Ohio Wesleyan
1939–1944Ohio State
Head coaching record
Overall10–11–2 (football)
99–75 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 IIC (1934)

Mackey played football and baseball at Ohio State, before graduating in 1926. He was also an assistant football coach at Ohio State from 1935 to 1944 and a member of the staff for the national championship-winning 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team. After leaving coaching, Mackey worked for an actuary firm. He retired around 1970 to Sun City, Arizona, where he died in July 1987.[3]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Butler Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (1932–1933)
1932 Butler 2–4–10–0–13rd
1933 Butler 2–60–25th
Butler Bulldogs (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1934)
1934 Butler 6–1–16–0–11st
Butler: 10–11–2
Total:10–11–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
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References
  1. "Frederick Mackey" (PDF). Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops baseball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. "Ohio State baseball". Salem News. April 24, 1944. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  3. "Ex-Butler coach dies". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. July 5, 1987. p. 7D. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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