Fred Vail
# Fred Vail

Frederick Clifton Vail (July 31, 1875 – February 1, 1954) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Richmond in 1903, at Gettysburg College from 1904 to 1906 and again from 1909 to 1911, and at Earlham College from 1907 to 1908, compiling a career college football record of 46–31–5. At Gettysburg, Vail was also the head basketball coach from 1908 to 1914 and the head baseball coach in 1910 and 1911.

## Coaching career

Vail was an assistant at Germantown Academy in Philadelphia and then the University of Pennsylvania under Carl S. Williams.

Vail was the 14th head football coach at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, serving for one season, in 1903, and compiling a record of 6–3–1.

## Death

Vail died on February 1, 1954, in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

## Head coaching record

### Football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Richmond Spiders (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903) ||||||
| 1903 | Richmond | 6–3–1 | 3–0 | 1st |
| Richmond: | Richmond: | 6–3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Gettysburg Bullets (Independent) (1904–1906) ||||||
| 1904 | Gettysburg | 5–3–2 | | |
| 1905 | Gettysburg | 7–3 | | |
| 1906 | Gettysburg | 7–1–2 | | |
| Earlham Quakers (Independent) (1907–1908) ||||||
| 1907 | Earlham | 5–3 | | |
| 1908 | Earlham | 2–5 | | |
| Earlham: | Earlham: | 7–8 | | |
| Gettysburg Bullets (Independent) (1909–1911) ||||||
| 1909 | Gettysburg | 4–5 | | |
| 1910 | Gettysburg | 6–3 | | |
| 1911 | Gettysburg | 4–5 | | |
| Gettysburg: | Gettysburg: | 33–20–4 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 46–31–5 | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
