Fred Honhart

Who is Fred Honhart?

Frederick L. Honhart was the seventh head football coach for Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1909 until 1911. His overall coaching record at ESU was 13 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties. As of completion of the 2006 season, this ranks him ninth at ESU in terms of total wins and third at ESU in terms of winning percentage. He was the son of Charles and Mary Honhart. In 1916, Fred Honhart graduated from the Louisville Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky with his medical degree. He would later move to Detroit, Michigan later that year to practice medicine, where he remained for most of his life.

In 1918, Honhart was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was stationed at various Army hospitals to do "surgical work". Honhart died in Detroit in 1983.