Andrew Kerr IV (October 7, 1878 – February 17, 1969) was an
American football
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,
basketball
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, and
track and field
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coach. He served as the head football coach at
Stanford University
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(1922–1923),
Washington & Jefferson College
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(1926–1928),
Colgate University
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(1929–1946), and
Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College (LVC, Lebanon Valley, or The Valley) is a private college in Annville, Pennsylvania.
History
Lebanon Valley was founded on February 23, 1866, with classes beginning May 7 of that year and its first class graduating in 18 ...
(1947–1949), compiling a career
college football
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Unlike most ...
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
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for one season (1921–1922) and at Stanford for four seasons (1922–1926), tallying a career
college basketball
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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
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in 1951. Colgate's home football stadium,
Andy Kerr Stadium
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium is a 10,221-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, New York, United States. It is the home of Colgate University's football and men's lacrosse teams.
Colgate opened the stadium in 1939, originally as Colgate Ath ...
, was dedicated in his honor in 1966.
Early years
Andy Kerr was born in
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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, to Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Kerr. His family moved east to
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where Kerr attended secondary school.
He attended
Dickinson College
, mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts college
, endowment = $645.5 million (2022)
, president = J ...
, where he played
baseball
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and ran track. He then moved to the
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...
, where he served as the head track and field coach from 1913 until 1922, as an assistant
football
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coach, and, for one season, the head
basketball
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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
Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner.
Football head coaching career
In 1922, Warner accepted the head coaching job at
Stanford University
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. Due to Warner's contractual obligations at Pitt, he sent Kerr to act as Stanford's head coach until his arrival in 1924.
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
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...
. 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
Football
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1878 births
1969 deaths
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