Fred Rice

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1918–2005)}}

{{for|the head of the Chicago Police Department|Fred Rice, Jr.}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Fred J. Rice

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|11|10}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|3|8|1918|11|10}}

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| player_years1 = 1939–1941

| player_team1 = Marquette

| player_positions = Fullback, linebacker

| coach_years1 = {{Circa|1950}}

| coach_team1 = Marquette (freshmen)

| coach_years2 = 1952–1956

| coach_team2 = Colgate (backfield)

| coach_years3 = 1957–1958

| coach_team3 = Colgate

| coach_years4 = 1959–1960

| coach_team4 = Marquette (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1961–1975

| coach_team5 = Nicolet HS (WI)

| overall_record = 4–14 (college)
70–53–9 (high school)

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Fredrick John William Rice (November 10, 1918 – March 8, 2005) was an American football coach. He served as head football coach at Colgate University for two seasons, from 1957 until 1958, compiling a record of 4–14. After leaving Colgate, Rice was the head coach at Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin from 1961 to 1975, where he posted a 70–53–9 record and won a Braveland Conference championship in 1966.{{cite web|url = http://www.nicolet.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/Rice.pdf|title = Fred Rice}}