Andrew Kerr
{{Short description|American football, basketball, and track and field coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Andy Kerr
| image = AndrewKerratPitt.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Kerr at the University of Pittsburgh, c. 1920
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|10|7}}
| birth_place = Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|2|17|1878|10|7}}
| death_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1913–1921
| coach_team2 = Pittsburgh (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1922–1923
| coach_team3 = Stanford
| coach_years4 = 1924–1925
| coach_team4 = Stanford (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1926–1928
| coach_team5 = Washington & Jefferson
| coach_years6 = 1929–1946
| coach_team6 = Colgate
| coach_years7 = 1947–1949
| coach_team7 = Lebanon Valley
| coach_sport8 = Basketball
| coach_years9 = 1921–1922
| coach_team9 = Pittsburgh
| coach_years10 = 1922–1926
| coach_team10 = Stanford
| coach_years11 = 1926–1928
| coach_team11 = Washington & Jefferson
| coach_sport12 = Track & field
| coach_years13 = 1913–1922
| coach_team13 = Pittsburgh
| overall_record = 137–71–14 (football)
70–39 (basketball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards = Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1963)
| coaching_records =
| CFBHOF_year = 1951
| CFBHOF_id = 1529
}}
Andrew Kerr IV (October 7, 1878 – February 17, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1922–1923), Washington & Jefferson College (1926–1928), Colgate University (1929–1946), and Lebanon Valley College (1947–1949), compiling a career college football record of 137–71–14. His 1932 Colgate team went a perfect 9–0, was not scored upon, and was named a national champion by Parke H. Davis. Kerr was also the head basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh for one season (1921–1922) and at Stanford for four seasons (1922–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 54–26. In addition, he coached track and field at Pittsburgh from 1913 to 1921. Kerr was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Colgate's home football stadium, Andy Kerr Stadium, was dedicated in his honor in 1966.{{cite news|title = Andy Kerr, 90, Football Coach At Colgate for 18 Years, Is Dead; '32 Team, Ignored for Bowls, Was Known as 'Undefeated, Untied and Uninvited|work = The New York Times|date = February 17, 1969}}{{Cite book | editor1-last = Hotchkiss | editor1-first = Greg | title = 2008-09 Pitt Men's Basketball Media Guide | publisher = University of Pittsburgh Athletic Media Relations Office | year = 2008 | location = Pittsburgh, PA | pages = 137 | url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809-mediaguide-section8.pdf | access-date = August 17, 2009 | archive-date = November 12, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181112084600/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809-mediaguide-section8.pdf | url-status = dead }}
Early years
Andy Kerr was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Kerr. His family moved east to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where Kerr attended secondary school.{{cite web|url=http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/k/ed_kerrA.htm |title=Andrew Kerr (1878-1969) |publisher=Chronicles:Encyclopedia Dickinsonia |access-date=June 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122015323/https://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/k/ed_kerrA.htm |archive-date=November 22, 2008 }} He attended Dickinson College, where he played baseball and ran track. He then moved to the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as the head track and field coach from 1913 until 1922, as an assistant football coach, and, for one season, the head basketball coach, leading that squad to a 12–8 record in 1921–22. While at Pitt as an assistant football coach also in charge of the freshman football squad, he served as a member of the staff of head coach Pop Warner.
Football head coaching career
In 1922, Warner accepted the head coaching job at Stanford University. Due to Warner's contractual obligations at Pitt, he sent Kerr to act as Stanford's head coach until his arrival in 1924.{{cite web |url=http://www.bashof.org/inducteebios/pwarner.htm |title=Pop Warner |publisher=Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=July 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081840/http://www.bashof.org/inducteebios/pwarner.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=dead }} Kerr posted an 11–7 record in his two seasons as head and remained with Warner as an assistant for two more seasons. He also coached the Stanford men's basketball team from 1922 to 1926.
Andy Kerr served as the 23rd head football coach at Colgate University. He held that position for eighteen seasons, from 1929 until 1946. His overall coaching record at Colgate was 95–50–7. Kerr's 95 wins are the second most in program in history. His 1932 Colgate squad was undefeated, and did not allow a single point all season. The team expected to be invited to play in the Rose Bowl but when Pitt got the invitation instead, he observed that his Colgate team was "undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited."
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Stanford
| conf = Pacific Coast Conference
| startyear = 1922
| endyear = 1923
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1922
| name = Stanford
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1923
| name = Stanford
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stanford
| overall = 11–7
| confrecord = 3–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Washington & Jefferson Presidents
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1926
| endyear = 1928
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| year = 1926
| name = Washington & Jefferson
| overall = 7–1–1
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| year = 1927
| name = Washington & Jefferson
| overall = 7–0–2
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| year = 1928
| name = Washington & Jefferson
| overall = 2–5–2
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| name = Washington & Jefferson
| overall = 16–6–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Colgate Red Raiders
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1929
| endyear = 1946
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| year = 1929
| name = Colgate
| overall = 8–1
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| year = 1930
| name = Colgate
| overall = 9–1
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| year = 1931
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| overall = 8–1
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| year = 1933
| name = Colgate
| overall = 6–1–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1934
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| overall = 7–1
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| year = 1935
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| overall = 7–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1936
| name = Colgate
| overall = 6–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1937
| name = Colgate
| overall = 3–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1938
| name = Colgate
| overall = 2–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Colgate
| overall = 2–5–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1940
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| overall = 5–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1941
| name = Colgate
| overall = 3–3–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1942
| name = Colgate
| overall = 6–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1943
| name = Colgate
| overall = 5–3–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1944
| name = Colgate
| overall = 2–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1945
| name = Colgate
| overall = 3–4–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Colgate
| overall = 4–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Colgate
| overall = 95–50–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1947
| endyear = 1949
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| year = 1947
| name = Lebanon Valley
| overall = 5–2–1
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| year = 1948
| name = Lebanon Valley
| overall = 5–3–1
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| year = 1949
| name = Lebanon Valley
| overall = 5–3
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Lebanon Valley
| overall = 15–8–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 137–71–14
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
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References
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|1529}}
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