Larry Kehres
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Mount Union |
| Conference | OAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 7, 1949 Diamond, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| 1970 | Mount Union |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1972 | Bowling Green (GA) |
| 1973 | Johnstown-Monroe HS (OH) |
| 1974–1985 | Mount Union (assistant) |
| 1986–2012 | Mount Union |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1985–present | Mount Union |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 332–24–3 |
| Tournaments | 77–12 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 11 NCAA Division III (1993, 1996–1998, 2000–2002, 2005–2006, 2008, 2012) 23 OAC (1986, 1990, 1992–2012) |
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| Awards | |
| 9x AFCA Division III Coach of the Year (1993, 1996–1998, 2000–2002, 2006, 2008) 6x OAC Coach of the Year (1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996–1997) |
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| Records | |
| Highest winning percentage in college football history (.929) | |
Larry Kehres (born September 7, 1949) is a college athletics administrator and former American football player and coach. He is the athletic director at the University of Mount Union, formerly known as Mount Union College, in Alliance, Ohio. Kehres was the head football coach at Mount Union for 27 seasons, from 1986 through the 2012 season. In May 2013, Kehres retired with a record of 332–24–3 as head coach of the Mount Union Purple Raiders football team, and a winning percentage of .929, the highest in college football history. Kehres also has the most national titles (11: 1993, 1996–1998, 2000–2002, 2005–2006, 2008, 2012), conference titles (23), and unbeaten regular seasons (21) of any coach in college football history. His Purple Raiders set the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football record for most consecutive victories with 55, running from 2000 to 2003. He was succeeded as head football coach by his son, Vince.
Kehres is a native of Diamond, Ohio. He attended and played quarterback for Portage County's Southeast High School, which shared the 1966 Portage County League championship with Windham High School, before attending Mount Union College from 1967 to 1970. At Mount Union, he played quarterback for the football team. In 1970, he set the school record with a 95-yard touchdown pass against Ohio Northern.
From 1971 to 1972, Kehres was a graduate assistant at Bowling Green State University, while studying for a master's degree in health and physical education. In 1973, he was the head football coach at Johnstown-Monroe High School.
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