Fred O'Connor (born September 1, 1939) is a former American football coach and administrator whose career spanned more than 30 years at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels.
Most notably, O'Connor was the interim head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers for the last seven games of the 1978 season, posting a mark of 1–6.
[1] He also was the executive director of athletics at The Catholic University of America from May 1984 through June 1990 and served as the Cardinals head football coach for three seasons (1987–1989), compiling an overall college football record of 17 wins and 13 losses.
O'Connor began his professional football career as the offensive backfield coach on Jack Pardee's staffs with both the World Football League's Florida Blazers in 1974 and the Chicago Bears for three seasons from 1975 to 1977.
[2] Coached three Hall of Fame Running Backs, Walter Payton, O.J.