Fred Braun was the dean of Bennett coaches. He was a native of lndianapolis, Indiana. He came to Bennett High School in 1927 and stayed until 1959, the year he passed away.
During his 32 year coaching career at Bennett, he coached the three major sports of basketball, football, and baseball. His longest coaching tenure was in baseball, which he coached for 32 years and compiled a won-lost record of 173-7 4. Braun won six Cornell Cups, emblematic of baseball supremacy amongst Buffalo Public Schools. Included in the six championships were three consecutive titles in 1955, 1956, and 1957.
Fred Braun won the most games of the three sports that he coached in basketball. His basketball record, starting in 1931, was 235-74, including four Yale Cup city championships. In football, which he coached for 16 years from 1938-1953, his teams won five Harvard Cup city championships. He compiled a won-lost record of 68-24 with five ties.
Coach Braun helped Bennett capture 15 major sport championships. In addition, he had a remarkable .733 won-lost percentage
overall for the three sports he coached.
None of the teams he coached in his final ten years at Bennett had a losing record! He will best be remembered, however, for
touching the lives of hundreds of Bennett athletes and contributing to their futures in immeasurable ways.
