Larry Kehres retires

[SWC75]

Larry Kehres, the most successful college football coach ever, (abit in Division III), announced his retirement after 27 season in which he won 333 games, lost 24 and tied 2 while winning 11 national championships. His teams had the two longest winning streaks in NCAA football history, 54 straight from 1996-99 and 55 straight from 2000-03. Since he won his first title in 1993, Mount Union has lost 2 regular season games. (The Purple Raiders play int he Ohio Conference, long through to be the best Division III conference in the country, with multiple national titles from more than one school in the years before the Kehres dynasty.) In those 20 seasons, their only other losses were in the national championship game, (5 times), the national semi-finals, (3 times) and the national quarterfinals (once).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kehres

Kehres will be succeeded by his son, Vince. Good luck following that act, Vince!

 

[cuseincincy]

Larry Kehres, the most successful college football coach ever, (abit in Division III), announced his retirement after 27 season in which he won 333 games, lost 24 and tied 2 while winning 11 national championships. His teams had the two longest winning streaks in NCAA football history, 54 straight from 1996-99 and 55 straight from 2000-03. Since he won his first title in 1993, Mount Union has lost 2 regular season games. (The Purple Raiders play int he Ohio Conference, long through to be the best Division III conference in the country, with multiple national titles from more than one school in the years before the Kehres dynasty.) In those 20 seasons, their only other losses were in the national championship game, (5 times), the national semi-finals, (3 times) and the national quarterfinals (once).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kehres

Kehres will be succeeded by his son, Vince. Good luck following that act, Vince!

They run a first class athletic program there. My best friend's son was being recruited to play Lax there and couldn't believe the facilities. They pride themselves on running their program like a D1 program.

 

[texascpa]

I'm familiar with that Mount Union team as I grew up in Ohio, a couple hours from the college. I always wondered why the bigger schools didn't come hard after him. A winner is a winner.

Good article, thought dated, about how he does things.

 

[CaliCuse]

Larry Kehres, the most successful college football coach ever, (abit in Division III), announced his retirement after 27 season in which he won 333 games, lost 24 and tied 2 while winning 11 national championships. His teams had the two longest winning streaks in NCAA football history, 54 straight from 1996-99 and 55 straight from 2000-03. Since he won his first title in 1993, Mount Union has lost 2 regular season games. (The Purple Raiders play int he Ohio Conference, long through to be the best Division III conference in the country, with multiple national titles from more than one school in the years before the Kehres dynasty.) In those 20 seasons, their only other losses were in the national championship game, (5 times), the national semi-finals, (3 times) and the national quarterfinals (once).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kehres

Kehres will be succeeded by his son, Vince. Good luck following that act, Vince!

I can't be totally alone in not knowing this person's accomplishments but enjoy retirement,Larry and congratulations on an outstanding career.

 

[cuseincincy]

I can't be totally alone in not knowing this person's accomplishments but enjoy retirement,Larry and congratulations on an outstanding career.

Few people ever know the accomplishments of DIII coaches and teams. For CNY'ers think a more successful Jim Butterfield. For comparison purposes:
Larry Kehres - 332-24-3 in 27 seasons (Mount Union) (less than 1 loss per season, and as SWC75 pointed out dude has lost 2 regular season games in the past 20 years!)
Jim Butterfield - 206-71-1 in 28 seasons (Ithaca)
Eddie Robinson - 408-165-15 in 56 seasons (Grambling)
John Gagliardi - 489--138-11 in 62 seasons (St Johns (MN))

 

[SU2NASA]

They run a first class athletic program there. My best friend's son was being recruited to play Lax there and couldn't believe the facilities. They pride themselves on running their program like a D1 program.

Maybe they shouldn't be playing D-III then.

 

[zibby]

Maybe they shouldn't be playing D-III then.

There's been some talk about splitting D-III between those who want to be big-time athletic powers (like Mount Union) and those who just want to provide athletic opportunities to students (like, say, University of Rochester).