Scott Frear

Scott Frear
Sport(s) College football
Current position
Team University of Saint Mary
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002-2004 Saint Mary
Head coaching record
Overall 10-18-0 (.357)

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors

Awards

2002 KCAC Coach of the Year

Scott Frear was an American football coach in the United States and Finland.

Coaching History

Assistant collegiate coaching

Frear worked at Avila University[1] as an offensive coordinator[2] and was a part of bringing the program into existence.[3] He also spent two seasons at Lindenwood University as the Defensive Line coach. Frear started his coaching career in 1989 at Wayne State College where he spent four seasons as the Defensive Line coach.[4]

Coaching outside the US

Frear also spent eight years coaching football outside of the United States, including six years with the Finnish national team. Frear helped lead the Finnish team to three European Gold Medals as the Defensive assistant and Special Teams Coordinator. During this period he served as Head Coach of the Arctic Circle Stars in Rovaniemi, Finland.[4]

Coach Frear also spent eight years coaching football overseas, including six years with the Finnish national team. While in Finland, Frear helped lead the Finnish team to three European Gold Medals as the Defensive assistant and Special Teams Coordinator. During this period he served as Head Coach of the ArCtic Circle Stars in Rovaniemi, Finland. While in Finland, he encouraged Seppo Ovie Evwaraye to emigrate to the United States to play football for the University of Nebraska[5]

University of St. Mary

Frear was named the third head college football coach for the University of Saint Mary Spires located in Leavenworth, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 2002 until 2004. His coaching record at St. Mary's was 10 wins, 18 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him second at St. Mary's in total wins and second at St. Mary's in winning percentage.[6] Frear was awarded the 2002 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the year.

Sudden resignation

Frear was hired at Saint Mary in December 2001, and after his first season at the school he was named Coach of the Year by the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. Saint Mary was his first head-coaching job in the college ranks.

Frear suddenly resigned on the morning of August 16, 2005 when the university was made aware that federal authorities were investigating Frear on charges of child pornography.[7] He was later indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges[8] and would eventually plead guilty to those charges.[9] Of the potential 5 to 20 years in prison faced,[10] he was sentenced for 13 years.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Topeka Capital-Journal "Briefly in Sports"
  2. ↑ Victory Sports Network
  3. ↑ The Pitch "Are You Ready for Some (College) Football?" Mike Walker, February 24, 2000
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Northern State University "Weekly Wolves Notes" September 9, 2003
  5. ↑ Husker Extra "From Finland to Nebraska" by Brian Christopherson, September 3, 2005
  6. ↑ Saint Mary Coaching Records
  7. ↑ Lansing Current "Former USM coach indicted" by John Taylor, January 5, 2005
  8. ↑ Kansas City Star "Ex-Coach Will face Child Porn Charges" by Dawn Borman and Robert A Cronkleton, January 1, 2006
  9. ↑ Basehor Sentinel "Former coach pleads guilty-Scott Frear faces 5 to 20 years in child pornography case" by Caroline Trowbridge, June 15, 2006
  10. ↑ Topeka Capital-Journal "Ex-coach pleads guilty to child porn charge" June 10, 2006
  11. ↑ Kansas City Star "Former football coach gets 13 years in pornography case" by Robert A. Cronkleton October 31, 2006

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