# Pete Fredenburg

Pete Fredenburg (born September 15, 1949) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at University of Mary Hardin–Baylor in Belton, Texas from the program's inception in 1997 until his retirement following the 2021 season; the program began play in 1998. Fredenburg led Mary Hardin–Baylor to three NCAA Division III Football Championship titles, in 2016, 2018, and 2021. The 2016 title later was later vacated. His 2004 squad finished as NCAA Division III runner-up, losing to Linfield. Before coming to Mary Hardin–Baylor, Fredenburg served as an assistant coach at Baylor University (1982–1993), Louisiana State University (1994), and Louisiana Tech University (1995–1996). He played college football at Southwest Texas State University—now known as Texas State University—from 1968 to 1970.
Fredenburg announced his retirement on January 7, 2022.

## Head coaching record
### College

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | D3$^#$ |
| Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders (American Southwest Conference) (1998–2021) |||||||
| 1998 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 3–7 | 2–5 | T–5th | | |
| 1999 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 4–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | | |
| 2000 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 9–1 | 8–1 | 2nd | | |
| 2001 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 8–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III First Round | |
| 2002 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | |
| 2003 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 9–1 | 8–1 | T–1st | | 15 |
| 2004 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 13–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III Championship | 2 |
| 2005 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 11 |
| 2006 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 10–3 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 8 |
| 2007 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 3 |
| 2008 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 3 |
| 2009 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 10–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 7 |
| 2010 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 5 |
| 2011 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 5 |
| 2012 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 13–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 5 |
| 2013 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 2 |
| 2014 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 11–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 6 |
| 2015 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 11–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 7 |
| 2016 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1st | W (vacated) NCAA Division III Championship | 1 |
| 2017 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1st | L (vacated) NCAA Division III Championship | 2 |
| 2018 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 15–0 | 9–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | 1 |
| 2019 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 12–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | 6 |
| 2020–21 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1st (East) | | |
| 2021 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 15–0 | 9–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | 1 |
| Mary Hardin–Baylor: | Mary Hardin–Baylor: | 231–39 | 154–16 | | | |
| Total: | Total: | 231–39 | | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth |||||||