Andy Frye

Andy Frye
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Centre
Conference	SAA
Record	180–87
Biographical details
Born	c. 1959 (age 64–65)
Playing career
Football
1977–1980	Muskingum
Position(s)	Linebacker, defensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
?	Defiance (assistant)
1985–1988	Muskingum (DC)
1989–1997	Centre (assoc. HC/DC)
1998–present	Centre
Wrestling
1985–1989	Muskingum
Track and field
1989–?	Centre
Head coaching record
Overall	180–87 (football)
Tournaments	2–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 SCAC (2003); 3 SAA (2014, 2018, 2024)
Awards
	Wrestling; OAC Coach of the Year (1987)

Andy Frye (born c. 1959) is an American college football coach and former wrestling and track and field coach. He is the head football coach for Centre College, a position he has held since 1998.

Biography

A native of Westerville, Ohio, Frye attended Muskingum College—now known as Muskingum University—in New Concord, Ohio, where he played football, was team captain as a senior in 1980, and graduated in 1981. He earned a master's degree at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio before returning to Muskingum as head wrestling coach and assistant football coach in 1985. In 1987, Frye was named the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Wrestling Coach of the Year.

Frye joined the coaching staff at Centre in 1989 as head coach in track and field and an assistant in football under Joe McDaniel.^[1] He succeeded McDaniel as head football coach after the 1997 season.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	D3^#
Centre Colonels (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1998–2011)
1998	Centre	3–7	3–3	4th
1999	Centre	5–5	3–3	T–4th
2000	Centre	5–5	3–3	T–4th
2001	Centre	9–1	5–1	2nd
2002	Centre	6–4	2–4	T–4th
2003	Centre	8–2	5–1	T–1st
2004	Centre	4–6	2–4	5th
2005	Centre	7–3	3–3	4th
2006	Centre	5–5	2–4	T–5th
2007	Centre	6–4	4–3	T–4th
2008	Centre	7–3	5–2	T–2nd
2009	Centre	7–2	4–2	T–3rd
2010	Centre	6–4	3–3	T–3rd
2011	Centre	9–2	5–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III Second Round	16
Centre Colonels (Southern Athletic Association) (2012–present)
2012	Centre	6–4	1–3	T–4th
2013	Centre	7–3	4–2	3rd
2014	Centre	10–1	6–0	T–1st	L NCAA Division III First Round	22
2015	Centre	8–2	6–2	T–2nd
2016	Centre	8–2	6–2	3rd
2017	Centre	9–1	7–1	2nd
2018	Centre	10–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round	14
2019	Centre	5–5	3–5	T–6th
2020–21	Centre	2–2	2–2	T–4th
2021	Centre	8–2	5–2	3rd
2022	Centre	6–4	4–3	4th
2023	Centre	6–4	6–2	3rd
2024	Centre	8–2	6–1	T–1st
Centre:		180–87	112–63
Total:		180–87
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ "Frye named football aide, track coach at Centre". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. August 29, 1989. p. C5. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Vaught, Larry (December 21, 1997). "Handoff". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. p. B1. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Vaught, Larry (December 21, 1997). "Centre (continued)". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. p. B10. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Centre's McDaniel retires". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. Associated Press. December 21, 1997. p. C4. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Centre profile

[1] "Frye named football aide, track coach at Centre". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. August 29, 1989. p. C5. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[2] Vaught, Larry (December 21, 1997). "Handoff". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. p. B1. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[3] Vaught, Larry (December 21, 1997). "Centre (continued)". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. p. B10. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[4] "Centre's McDaniel retires". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. Associated Press. December 21, 1997. p. C4. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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