:Frederick Lincoln Emory

{{Short description|American football coach and professor}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Frederick Lincoln Emory

| image = FLEmory.png

| alt =

| caption = Emory pictured in The Monticola, West Virginia yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|4|10}}

| birth_place = Lunenburg, Massachusetts, U.S.[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/350/mode/2up Emory, Frederick Lincoln] in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition), via archive.org

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|12|31|1867|4|10}}

| death_place = Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1891

| coach_team1 = West Virginia

| overall_record = 0–1

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Frederick Lincoln Emory (April 10, 1867 – December 31, 1919){{cite book|title=The Journal|author=Worcester Polytechnic Institute|date=1919|volume=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNYrAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=September 15, 2015}} was an American college football coach and professor of mechanics and applied mathematics. He served as the first head football coach at West Virginia University, coaching one game in 1891. The single game that he coached was played on November 28, 1891, against Washington and Jefferson. The West Virginia Mountaineers lost by a score of 72 to zero, the second-worst loss in the history of the program.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=702&year=1891|title=West Virginia 1891 football results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|first=David|last=DeLassus|accessdate=November 18, 2010|archive-date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525214553/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=702&year=1891|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/west_virginia/most_delta_points_allowed.php|title=West Virginia: 50+ Delta Points Allowed In A Game|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|first=David|last=DeLassus|accessdate=November 18, 2010|archive-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065228/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/west_virginia/most_delta_points_allowed.php|url-status=dead}}

Emory died in 1919 from heart-related problems.

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = West Virginia Mountaineers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1891

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1891

| name = West Virginia

| overall = 0–1

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = West Virginia

| overall = 0–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 0–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

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