Frank Gargan

Frank Gargan

Gargan pictured in The Maroon 1917, Fordham yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	July 1, 1888[1] New York, New York
Died	August 18, 1960 (aged 72)[2] Greenwich, Connecticut
Playing career
1907–1909	Fordham
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1912–1913	Georgetown
1914	RPI
1916–1917	Fordham
1920–1921	NYU
1922–1926	Fordham
Head coaching record
Overall	55–40–8
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SAIAA (1912)

John Francis "Frank" Gargan (July 1, 1888 – August 18, 1960) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Georgetown University (1912–1913), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1914), Fordham University (1916–1917, 1922–1926) and New York University (1920–1921), compiling career college football record of 55–40–8. In 1917, Gargan was co-head coach with Frank McCaffrey for Fordham.^[3]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Georgetown Hoyas (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912–1913)
1912	Georgetown	8–1	5–0	1st
1913	Georgetown	4–4	1–1	T–4th
Georgetown:		12–5	6–1
RPI Engineers (Independent) (1914)
1914	RPI	4–5
RPI:		4–5
Fordham Rams (Independent) (1916–1917)
1916	Fordham	6–1–1
1917	Fordham	7–2
NYU Violets (Independent) (1920–1921)
1920	NYU	2–5–1
1921	NYU	2–3–3
NYU:		4–8–4
Fordham Rams (Independent) (1922–1926)
1922	Fordham	3–5–2
1923	Fordham	2–7
1924	Fordham	6–2
1925	Fordham	8–1
1926	Fordham	3–4–1
Fordham:		28–20–4
Total:		55–40–8
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure

References

3. Gargan Quits NYU to Coach Fordham. The New York Times. Retrieved on February 27, 2010.

External links

• Frank Gargan at the College Football Data Warehouse