Frederick Mortimer "Cap" Irish (May 16, 1870 – April
12, 1941) was an American football coach,
college athletics administrator, and science instructor.
He served as the first head football coach at the
Territorial Normal School, renamed Tempe Normal School in
1903 and now known as Arizona State University,
coaching from 1897 to 1906 and compiling a record of 12–8.
Territorial Normal did not field a football team in 1898
or 1901. Irish was also the first athletic
director at Territorial/Tempe Normal, serving from
1896 to 1913. In addition, he taught science at the
school. Irish Field one of the original homes of
Arizona State Football was also named after the coach and
administrator.[1]
Irish graduated from the University of Iowa in
1895 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He taught in his
hometown of Dubuque, Iowa, before moving to
Arizona.[2]
Irish died at a hospital in Tempe, Arizona, on April
12, 1941.[3][4] Irish Hall, a residence hall at
Arizona State University, is named for him.[5
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