Brian Kelly (American football coach)
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| Brian Kelly | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Cincinnati | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | Big East | |
| Team record | 33–6 | |
| Born | October 25, 1961 | |
| Place of birth | Everett, MA | |
| Annual salary | $1,475,000 | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 168–57–2 | |
| Bowls | 2-1 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 2002, 2003 Div. II National Championships | ||
| Awards | ||
| 2002, 2003 AFCA Div. II Coach of the Year 2007, 2008 Big East Coach of the Year |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1979-1982 | Assumption | |
| Position | LB | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1991–2003 2004–2006 2006–Present |
Grand Valley State Central Michigan Cincinnati |
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Brian Kelly (born October 25, 1961 in Everett, Massachusetts) is the current head football coach at the University of Cincinnati. He was named Cincinnati's head coach on December 3, 2006. Prior to Cincinnati he was the head coach at Central Michigan University, where he had a 19-16 record over 3 seasons and at Grand Valley State University where he had a record of 118-35-2 in 13 seasons, including 103-22-2 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. He led the Grand Valley State Lakers to the Division II national championships in 2002 and 2003. Coach Kelly has a wife (Paqui) and 3 children (Patrick, Grace, and Kenzel).
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[edit] Early years
Kelly is a native of Chelsea, Massachusetts and attended St. John's Prep School in Danvers, Massachusetts. His father was a Boston politician.[1] He was a four-year letter winner at Assumption College as a linebacker. After graduating from Assumption in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in political science he served as linebackers coach, defensive coordinator, and softball coach from 1983-86 at Assumption.
[edit] Grand Valley State University
Kelly joined the Grand Valley State University staff in 1987 as a graduate assistant and defensive backs coach for Coach Tom Beck and became the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator in 1989. Coach Kelly took over as head coach in 1991. In his final three seasons the Lakers went 41-2, at one point winning 20 consecutive games. The Lakers went 14-0 in 2002 en route to their first national title and went 14-1 in 2003 when they claimed their second National Championship. Kelly was named the AFCA Division II Coach of the Year after each of these championship years.
In his 13 years as head coach at Grand Valley the Lakers won five conference titles and made six Division II Playoff appearances. Grand Valley State never finished lower than third in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference under Kelly.
The 2001 team set 77 NCAA, GLIAC, and school records, including setting the all-time Division II scoring record, averaging 58.4 points per game.
His record in 13 years at Grand Valley State University was 118-35-2.[2]
[edit] Central Michigan University
2004: Coach Kelly became the 24th head coach at Central Michigan University after the departure of Mike DeBord following the 2003 season. [3]. Coach Kelly inherited a team with limited success. Central Michigan had won more than 3 games only once in the previous four seasons. CMU finished with a 4-7 record in 2004.
2005: In Coach Kelly's second year at Central Michigan he coached the team to a 6-5 record, the first winning season in seven years for the Chippewas.
2006: In his third season, the Chippewas posted a 9-4 record under Coach Kelly en route to winning the MAC Championship and qualifying for the Motor City Bowl. At the end of the 2006 season, Coach Kelly left to accept the Cincinnati coaching vacancy three days after CMU won the 2006 MAC Championship. He did not coach CMU in their bowl game. Coach Kelly's record at Central Michigan in three seasons was 19-16.
[edit] University of Cincinnati
2006: Coach Kelly was named Cincinnati's head coach on December 3, 2006, following the departure of Mark Dantonio. Both Cincinnati and Central Michigan were preparing for bowl appearances so while Kelly was in Cincinnati preparing the Bearcats, much of his staff remained at Central Michigan to coach the Chippewas. Following Central Michigan's win in the Motor City Bowl, most of his staff joined him in Cincinnati, where they went on to coach Cincinnati to a 27-24 victory over Western Michigan University in that year's International Bowl. Kelly had also led Central Michigan to a win over Western Michigan during the 2006 regular season. This gave him the unique distinction of being the only NCAA coach to beat the same team twice in one season while coaching two different teams.
2007: In his first full season in 2007, Coach Kelly led Cincinnati to a competitive position in the Big East; the Bearcats' second ever 10-win season (its first since 1949); and a Top 25 ranking. On December 5, 2007, Kelly was named Big East Coach of the Year after leading his Bearcats to a 9-3 record. [1] Coach Kelly later led the Bearcats to a victory in the PapaJohns.com Bowl over Southern Miss.
2008: Kelly led Cincinnati to its first ever outright Big East title with key wins over West Virginia and Pittsburgh. The Bearcats had never defeated either team in Big East conference play. Kelly also became the first coach to win all three of the Bearcats' traveling trophies: the Victory Bell (Miami, OH), the Keg of Nails (Louisville), and the River City Rivalry Trophy (Pitt). The Bearcats played in the Orange Bowl versus the ACC champion, Virginia Tech on January 1, 2009 but lost 20-7.
2009: After beginning the season unranked in all polls, Kelly's Bearcats have gotten off to a hot start, hitting as high as #5 in the BCS Standings and have yet to lose a game. They still have an outside shot at reaching the BCS National Championship game. Among the honors that UC football team has achieved in 2009 is the highest academic rating among teams in the top 10 of the current BCS standings, according to the latest Graduation Success Rates, released Wednesday by the NCAA. UC, which is fifth in the BCS standings, checked in with a 75 percent NCAA graduation rate and a 71 percent federal government rate, the only team in the BCS top 10 to surpass the 70 percent plateau in both.
The graduation rates are for student-athletes entering college in 2002-03, meaning they earned their diplomas within six years.NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision teams came in at 67 percent (NCAA) and 55 percent (federal).
Here are the graduation rates for the BCS Top 10, with the federal government graduation rate of federal government listed in parenthesis. (Unlike NCAA, the government rate does not factor in transfers).
1. Florida 69 percent (42 percent) 2. Alabama 67 percent (62 percent) 3. Texas 49 percent (41 percent) 4. TCU 65 percent (59 percent) 5. Cincinnati 75 percent (71 percent) 6. Boise St. 58 percent (48 percent) 7. Georgia Tech 49 percent (41 percent) 8. LSU 60 percent (42 percent) 9. Pittsburgh 68 percent (56 percent) 10. Ohio State 62 percent (58 percent)
[edit] Awards and honors
- Big East Coach of the Year (2008, 2007)
- Grand Valley State Athletics Hall of Fame (June 7, 2009)[2]
- Assumption College Alumni Athletics Hall of Fame (August 22, 2006)[3]
- American Football Coaches AssociationDivision II Coach of the Year (2003)
- American Football Coaches AssociationDivision II Coach of the Year (2002)
[edit] Coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Grand Valley State Lakers (Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference) (1991–1998) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Grand Valley State | 9–3 | |||||||
| 1992 | Grand Valley State | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1993 | Grand Valley State | 6–3–2 | |||||||
| 1994 | Grand Valley State | 8–4 | |||||||
| 1995 | Grand Valley State | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1996 | Grand Valley State | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1997 | Grand Valley State | 9–2 | |||||||
| 1998 | Grand Valley State | 9–3 | |||||||
| Grand Valley State: | 65–24–2 | ||||||||
| Grand Valley State Lakers (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1999–2003) | |||||||||
| 1999 | Grand Valley State | 5–5 | |||||||
| 2000 | Grand Valley State | 7–4 | |||||||
| 2001 | Grand Valley State | 13–1 | |||||||
| 2002 | Grand Valley State | 14–0 | |||||||
| 2003 | Grand Valley State | 14–1 | |||||||
| Grand Valley State: | 53–11 | ||||||||
| Central Michigan Chippewas (Mid-American Conference) (2004–2006) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Central Michigan | 4–7 | 3-5 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2005 | Central Michigan | 6–5 | 5-3 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 2006 | Central Michigan | 9–4 | 7-1 | 1st (Overall) | Motor City Bowl (did not coach bowl) | ||||
| Central Michigan: | 19–16 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Bearcats (Big East Conference) (2006–present) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Cincinnati | 1–0 | 0–0 | NA | W International Bowl | ||||
| 2007 | Cincinnati | 10–3 | 4–3 | 3rd | W Papajohns.com Bowl | 20 | 17 | ||
| 2008 | Cincinnati | 11–3 | 6–1 | 1st | L Orange Bowl † | 17 | 17 | ||
| 2009 | Cincinnati | 11-0 | 6-0 | 1st | |||||
| Cincinnati: | 33–6 | 16–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 170–57–2 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Joe Starkey, Bearcats' success met with excitement in Cincinnati, ESPN.com, October 2, 2007.
- ^ Kelly Named Head Football Coach :: Press conference scheduled for Monday afternoon
- ^ CMU Chippewas Sports News - MLive.coms
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Mark Dantonio |
University of Cincinnati Head Football Coach 2006-Present |
Succeeded by Current Coach |
| Preceded by Mike DeBord |
Central Michigan University Head Football Coach 2004-2006 |
Succeeded by Butch Jones |
| Preceded by Tom Beck |
Grand Valley State University Head Football Coach 1991-2003 |
Succeeded by Chuck Martin |
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