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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Fred Sefton
| image = Fred Sefton.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|8|7}}
| birth_place = [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|3|11|1888|8|7}}
| death_place = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1913
| player_team2 = [[Colgate Raiders football|Colgate]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1915–1923
| coach_team2 = [[Akron Zips football|Akron]]
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1916–1924
| coach_team4 = [[Akron Zips men's basketball|Akron]]
| coach_years5 = 1925–1927
| coach_team5 = Akron
| coach_sport6 = Baseball
| coach_years7 = 1916–1924
| coach_team7 = [[Akron Zips baseball|Akron]]
| coach_years8 = 1927–1930
| coach_team8 = Akron
| admin_years1 = ?–1946
| admin_team1 = [[Akron Zips|Akron]]
| overall_record = 33–34–4 (football)<br>103–42 (basketball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = Basketball<br>2 [[Ohio Athletic Conference|OAC]] (1919–1920)
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Frederick Stanley Sefton''' (August 7, 1888 – March 11, 1976) was an American [[college football]], [[college basketball]], and [[college baseball]] coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the [[University of Akron]] for nine seasons, from 1915 to 1923, compiling a record of 33–34–4. Sefton also coached the men's basketball team at Akron for a total of 11 seasons, nine from 1916 to 1924 and two more from 1925 to 1927, tallying a total mark of 103–42. He played [[college football]] at [[Colgate University]].

Sefton died on March 11, 1976, at Akron General Medical Center in [[Akron, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bandy |first=Don |title=AU sports' Fred Sefton dies at 86 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27578574/the_akron_beacon_journal/ |newspaper=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |location=[[Akron, Ohio]] |date=March 11, 1976 |page=B1 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===Football===
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Akron Zips football|Akron]]
 | conf      = [[Ohio Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 1915
 | endyear   = 1923
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1915 college football season|1915]]
 | name         = [[1915 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 1–7–1
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = T–10th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1916 college football season|1916]]
 | name         = [[1916 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 2–4
 | confstanding = 9th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1917 college football season|1917]]
 | name         = [[1917 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 3–1
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1918 college football season|1918]]
 | name         = [[1918 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 2–2–1
 | conference   = 1–2–1
 | confstanding = 10th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1919 college football season|1919]]
 | name         = [[1919 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 6–1–1
 | conference   = 5–1–1
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1920 college football season|1920]]
 | name         = [[1920 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 4–4
 | conference   = 2–4
 | confstanding = 12th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1921 college football season|1921]]
 | name         = [[1921 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 4–3
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
 | name         = [[1922 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = 8th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1923 college football season|1923]]
 | name         = [[1923 Akron football team|Akron]]
 | overall      = 4–3–1
 | conference   = 2–3–1
 | confstanding = 13th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Akron
 | overall    = 33–34–4
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 33–34–4
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===Basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Akron Zips men's basketball|Akron]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1915
 | endyear    = 1918
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1915–16
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 5–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1916–17
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 14–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1917–18
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 9–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Akron Zips men's basketball|Akron]]
 | conference = [[Ohio Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1918
 | endyear    = 1924
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 1918–19
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 14–0
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[1919–20 NCAA men's basketball season|1919–20]]
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 12–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1920–21
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 11–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1921–22
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 5–8
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1922–23
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 12–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1923–24
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 10–3
 | conference   = 9–3
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Akron Zips men's basketball|Akron]]
 | conference = [[Ohio Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1925
 | endyear    = 1927
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1925–26
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 6–7
 | conference   = 6–4
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1926–27
 | name         = Akron
 | overall      = 5–8
 | conference   = 4–8
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Akron
 | overall    = 103–42
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 103–42
 | poll     = 
 | polltype = 
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Colgate Raiders football players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Holyoke, Massachusetts]]


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