Kenneth Kelly
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball, tennis |
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Biographical details | |
Born | Bowling Green, Ohio |
June 1, 1905
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Lakeland, Florida |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1926–1929 | Central Michigan |
Basketball | |
1927–1930 | Central Michigan |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
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) |
Statistics | |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
7 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic (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]
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 | ||||||
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 | ||||||
1958 | Central Michigan | 7–3 | 4–2 | ||||||
1959 | Central Michigan | 7–3 | 4–2 | ||||||
1960 | Central Michigan | 3–5 | 3–3 | ||||||
1961 | Central Michigan | 2–8 | 1–5 | ||||||
1962 | Central Michigan | 6–4 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1963 | Central Michigan | 4–5–1 | 2–2 | ||||||
1964 | Central Michigan | 4–5 | 1–3 | ||||||
1965 | Central Michigan | 5–5 | 3–1 | ||||||
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 |
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- 1905 births
- 1984 deaths
- American tennis coaches
- Central Michigan Chippewas football coaches
- Central Michigan Chippewas football players
- Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball coaches
- Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball players
- High school football coaches in the United States
- People from Mount Pleasant, Michigan
- People from Bowling Green, Ohio