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American football coach

Earnest Frank
Biographical details
Alma mater	Doane College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1913	Doane
1917–1919	York
1921	York
1922–1925	Grand Island

Head coaching record
Overall	18–8–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NIC (1919)

Earnest Frank was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska in 1913, York College in York, Nebraska from 1917 to 1919 and again in 1921, and Grand Island College in Grand Island, Nebraska from 1922 to 1925. His record at Doane was 5–1–2.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Doane Tigers (Independent) (1913)
1913	Doane	5–1–2
Doane:		5–1–2
York Panthers (Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference) (1917–1919)
1917	York	4–2
1918	No team—World War I
1919	York	6–0	6–0	1st
York Panthers (Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference) (1921)
1921	York	3–5	3–4	7th
York:		13–7
Grand Island Zebras (Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference / Nebraska College Athletic Conference) (1922–1925)
1922	Grand Island		4–2–1	T–6th
1923	Grand Island	5–4	4–3	6th
1924	Grand Island	5–1–1	5–1	T–3rd
1925	Grand Island	1–4–3	1–4–3	T–9th
Grand Island:			14–10–4
Total:
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

v t e Doane Tigers head football coaches
No coach (1890–1891) F. P. Reed (1892) Albert W. Jefferis (1893) John Lyman (1894) F. W. Sweeney (1895) No coach (1896) No team (1897–1898) S. L. Mains (1899–1900) Harold Hughs (1901) Joseph Pipal (1902) M. O. Smith (1903) John Fuhrer (1904–1907) R. L. Carns (1908) F. M. Clark (1909) Earl Johnson (1910–1912) Earnest Frank (1913) T. T. McConnell (1914) Paul J. Schissler (1915) Alger H. Wood (1916) No team (1917–1918) H. H. Johnston (1919–1922) H. J. Nossek (1923) Ward Haylett (1924–1927) Roy L. Pierce (1928–1932) A. Eugene Haylett (1933–1941) James L. Dutcher (1942–1951) Aubrey Givens (1952) Fran Nagle (1953–1954) Al Papik (1955–1970) Ray Best (1971–1975) Joe Glenn (1976–1979) Nathan Hinkle (1980) Brian Naber (1981–1983) Fran Schwenk (1984–2004) Tommie Frazier (2005–2006) Matt Franzen (2007–2017) Chris Bessler (2018–2023) Jonathan Johnson (2024– )

v t e York Panthers football coaches
L. M. Curts (1913) Ralph W. Swan (1914) Earl Hawkins (1915–1916) Earnest Frank (1917) No team (1918) Earnest Frank (1919) John Riddell (1920) Earnest Frank (1921) B. H. Miller (1922) Ray Larson (1923) Bob Russell (1924) Robert E. Leyman (1925) Ladd Hubka (1926–1927) Ray B. McCandless (1928–1930) Howard Hill (1931–1932) Guy Ordway (1933–1934) Neal Gallant (1935–1939) Rolland E. Tonkin (1940–1942) No team (1943) No varsity team (1944) Rolland E. Tonkin (1945–1948) Neal Parsons (1949) John E. Roberts (1950) Mark Haight (1951–1952) Duane Wilson (1953)

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