Fred W. Bennion (September 29, 1884 – January 18, 1960) was an

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player and coach of football,

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and

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. He served as the head football coach at the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

from 1910 to 1913 and at the Agricultural College of the State of Montana—now

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—from 1914 to 1917, compiling a career

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record of 27–15–8. Bennion was also the head basketball coach at

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

(BYU) from 1908 to 1910, at Utah from 1911 to 1914, and at Montana Agricultural from 1914 to 1919, amassing a career

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record of 96–31. In addition, He was the head baseball coach at BYU from 1909 to 1912, tallying a mark of 11–10. A native of

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, Bennion was a graduate of the

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and the

. He also studied agriculture at Montana State. Following his coaching career, he worked as an agricultural agent in

Umatilla County, Oregon Umatilla County () is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,075. Hermiston is the largest city in Umatilla County, but Pendleton remains the county seat. Umatilla County is part of ...

and

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

during the 1920s. He was later the director of the Montana Taxpayers Association. From 1946 to 1955, Bennion served as the executive director of the Colorado Pueblo Expenditures Council in

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. He died on January 18, 1960, at his home in Denver, following a short illness.

Head coaching record

Football

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