Kevin Kerr (born September 18, 1967) is a Canadian retired professional

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player and former head coach of the

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of the United/International Hockey League.

Career

Kerr was drafted in the third round, 56th overall of the

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by the

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. On February 4, 2015, Kerr was named the inaugural head coach of the

Macon Mayhem The Macon Mayhem are a Southern Professional Hockey League team based in Macon, Georgia, and play in the Macon Coliseum. The team was formerly the Augusta RiverHawks, who suspended operations for the 2013–14 season due to ice system failure at J ...

of the

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. The club played their first game in October 2015. In his second season as Macon's head coach he won the SPHL's coach of the year, and went on to win the league championship, giving Macon its first professional sports title since the 1962

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baseball team. Kerr left the Mayhem after the 2017–18 season and was named the head coach of the

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in the

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. The Swamp Rabbits did not renew his contract after the 2019–20 season and he returned to Macon, where he then won his second SPHL coach of the year for the abbreviated 2020–21 season after he led the team to a regular season championship. Kerr resigned following the season due to personal and family reasons.

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* 1967 births Living people Anaheim Bullfrogs players Birmingham Bulls (ECHL) players Buffalo Sabres draft picks Canadian ice hockey right wingers Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players Elmira Jackals (UHL) players Flint Generals players Fort Wayne Komets players Ice hockey people from Ontario Kalamazoo Wings (UHL) players Mobile Mysticks players North Bay Centennials players Orlando Jackals players Phoenix Mustangs players Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players Portland Pirates players Quad City Mallards (UHL) players Rochester Americans players Rockford IceHogs (UHL) players Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario Toledo Storm players Utica Devils players Windsor Spitfires players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States {{canada-icehockey-winger-1960s-stub