| Bud Kerr | |
| Size: | 240 |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Tarrytown, New York, USA |
| Death Place: | San Mateo, California, USA |
| Player Years1: | 1937–1939 |
| Player Team1: | Notre Dame |
| Player Years2: | 1946 |
| Player Team2: | Los Angeles Dons |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Years1: | 1942 |
| Coach Team1: | Washington University (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1943 |
| Coach Team2: | Georgia Pre-Flight (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1947–1948 |
| Coach Team3: | Denver (line) |
| Coach Years4: | 1949–1950 |
| Coach Team4: | San Francisco (line) |
| Coach Years5: | 1954–1955 |
| Coach Team5: | Washington (ends) |
| Coach Years6: | 1956–1959 |
| Coach Team6: | Dayton |
| Overall Record: | 15–24–1 |
| Awards: |
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| Statleague: | AAFC |
| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 11 |
| Statlabel2: | Starts |
| Statvalue2: | 1 |
| Statlabel3: | Receiving yards |
| Statvalue3: | 122 |
| Statlabel4: | Touchdowns |
| Statvalue4: | 0 |
William Howard "Bud" Kerr (November 10, 1915 – April 9, 1964) was an American football player and coach. He was an All-American football player at Notre Dame in 1939. He later served as the head football coach at the University of Dayton, from 1956 to 1959.
Kerr was born in Tarrytown, New York but moved to Newburgh at three years old. He attended Newburgh Free Academy where he was in the school bad for his first three years and only joined the football team as a part-time player as a senior. After high school, he worked for four years in order to afford college.[1]
Kerr attended the University of Notre Dame where he played college football at the end position for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. He was selected by the Associated Press, the All-America Board, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation as a first-team end on the 1939 College Football All-America Team.[2] [3]
After graduating from Notre Dame, Kerr held assistant coaching positions at Washington University in St. Louis and, during World War II, at the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School at Athens, Georgia.[4] Kerr served as a line coach at the University of Denver in 1947 and 1948 and then moved to the University of San Francisco to take on the same role there in 1949.[5] He was hired as the head football coach at the University of San Francisco, succeeding fellow Notre Dame alumnus, Joe Kuharich, in December 1951.[6] However, the San Francisco Dons football program was discontinued in early 1952 and did not resume until several years later. In February 1956, after a stint as the ends coach of the University of Washington Huskies, Kerr was hired as the head football coach for the University of Dayton Flyers football team.[7] He coached the Flyers from 1956 to 1959, compiling a record of 15–24–1.[8]
Kerr later worked as a motel manager and an employee of Pioneer Carloading Co. in San Francisco.
Kerr died in his home at San Mateo, California in 1964 after complaining of chest pains.[9] He was buried in San Francisco at Golden Gate National Cemetery.