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Longtime college football coach Fred Pancoast passed away on Sunday.
He was 90 years old.
Pancoast served in three head coaching stints during his nearly two-decade coaching career at the collegiate level: Tampa from 1962-63, Memphis State (now University of Memphis) from 1972-74 and Vanderbilt from 1975-78. He collected a 41-51-4 overall record as a head coach.
Pancoast also spent offensive coordinator stints with Florida and Georgia. He was the Gators’ quarterbacks coach when Steve Spurrier won the Heisman Trophy in 1966.
Memphis Football mourns the passing of former head coach Fred Pancoast.
Coach Pancoast led the Tigers from 1972-74, posting a record of 20-12-1 over those three seasons. pic.twitter.com/AUjn4Vl5Uf
— Memphis Football (@MemphisFB) April 11, 2023
Pancoast was awarded the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. The same year, he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
Our thoughts are with the Pancoast family and all those close to him during this difficult time.