Frank E. Hering

Frank Earl Hering was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, an baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1896 to 1898, compiling a record of 1261. Hering was also the first basketball coach at Notre Dame, coaching one season in 18971898, and helmed the schools baseball team for three seasons from 1897 to 1899.

Hering was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania and played quarterback for the Chicago Maroons in 1893 and 1894. His first head coaching job was with the Bucknell Bison in 1895. The next year he arrived at Notre Dame to play quarterback for the football team but by 1898 he had taken on the additional responsibility of directing the entire athletic department, including coaching the football and baseball teams, and introducing basketball to the university. He earned the title of Father of Notre Dame Football for his success in expanding the football program from an intramural activity to a fullfledged intercollegiate sport. Hering officially dedicated the new Notre Dame Stadium in 1930.

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