Kenneth Kelly
American athlete and coach (1905–1984)
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1905-06-01)June 1, 1905 Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | March 7, 1984(1984-03-07) (aged 78) Lakeland, Florida, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1926–1929 | Central Michigan |
Basketball | |
1927–1930 | Central Michigan |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1930–1937 | Cass City HS (MI) |
1938–1941 | Mount Pleasant HS (MI) |
1942–1950 | Arthur Hill HS (MI) |
1951–1966 | Central Michigan |
Basketball | |
1954–1956 | Central Michigan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 91–58–2 (college football) 23–20 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 7 IIAC (1952–1956, 1963, 1966) | |
Kenneth A. "Wild Bill" Kelly (June 1, 1905 – March 7, 1984) was an American football, basketball, and tennis player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University from 1951 to 1966, compiling a record of 91–58–2, and the head basketball coach at Central Michigan for two seasons from 1954 to 1956, tallying a mark of 23–20. Kelly/Shorts Stadium, the home field of the Central Michigan Chippewas football program, was renamed in Kelly's honor in 1983.[1] Kelly died on March 7, 1984, at the age of 78.[2][3]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Central Michigan Chippewas (Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1951–1966) | |||||||||
1951 | Central Michigan | 5–3 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
1952 | Central Michigan | 7–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
1953 | Central Michigan | 7–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | |||||
1954 | Central Michigan | 8–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
1955 | Central Michigan | 8–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
1956 | Central Michigan | 9–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
1957 | Central Michigan | 4–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1958 | Central Michigan | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1959 | Central Michigan | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1960 | Central Michigan | 3–5 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
1961 | Central Michigan | 2–8 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
1962 | Central Michigan | 6–4 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1963 | Central Michigan | 4–5–1 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
1964 | Central Michigan | 4–5 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
1965 | Central Michigan | 5–5 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1966 | Central Michigan | 5–5 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
Central Michigan: | 91–58–2 | 70–24–1 | |||||||
Total: | 91–58–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Kenneth "Wild Bill" Kelly". Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
- ^ "Kenneth Kelly". The Blade. Associated Press. March 10, 1984. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
- ^ "School's most successful: Ex-CMU grid coach dies". Detroit Free Press. March 9, 1984. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
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Central Michigan Chippewas head football coaches
- Pete McCormick (1896)
- Carl Pray (1897–1899)
- Unknown (1900)
- No team (1901)
- Charles Tambling (1902–1905)
- No team (1906)
- Ralph Thacker (1907)
- Hugh Sutherland (1908)
- Harry Helmer (1909–1912)
- No team (1913–1915)
- Blake Miller (1916)
- Fred Johnson (1917)
- Charles Tambling (1918)
- Garland Nevitt (1919)
- Joe Simmons (1920)
- Wallace Parker (1921–1923)
- Lester Barnard (1924–1925)
- Wallace Parker (1926–1928)
- Butch Nowack (1929–1930)
- George Van Bibber (1931–1933)
- Alex Yunevich (1934–1936)
- Ron Finch (1937–1946)
- Lyle Bennett (1947–1949)
- Warren Schmakel (1950)
- Kenneth Kelly (1951–1966)
- Roy Kramer (1967–1977)
- Herb Deromedi (1978–1993)
- Dick Flynn (1994–1999)
- Mike DeBord (2000–2003)
- Brian Kelly (2004–2006)
- Jeff Quinn # (2006)
- Butch Jones (2007–2009)
- Steve Stripling # (2009)
- Dan Enos (2010–2014)
- John Bonamego (2015–2018)
- Jim McElwain (2019– )
# denotes interim head coach