Pete Fredenburg retires; Mary Hardin-Baylor promotes Larry Harmon to head coach

An era ended officially Friday night when long-time Mary Hardin-Baylor head coach Pete Fredenburg announced his retirement. Fredenburg was 231-39 in his tenure as head coach of the Crusaders, which began in 1998. Larry Harmon, the team’s defensive coordinator for the last 17 seasons, was promoted to head coach, according to a press release issued by the university. 

Fredenburg guided Mary Hardin-Baylor two 17 American Southwest Conference (ASC) championships and two NCAA Division III national titles (2018 and 2021). He’s the only coach in program history, literally building the state’s best pound-for-pound program in the 21st Century from scratch.