Henry E. Frnka (/ˈfræŋkə/ FRANK-ə; March 16, 1903 – December 18, 1980) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
Frnka began his coaching career at the high school level.
[citation needed] Frank left Greenville in 1936 to become freshman coach at Vanderbilt University.
Since the 1920s, the Tulane Green Wave had been a national power in college football, and Frnka-led teams produced records of 9–1 in 1948, 7–2–1 in 1949, and 6–2–1 in 1950.
In a 1949 issue devoted to a preview of that year's college football season, SPORT magazine declared that Tulane was the best team in the country.