Roy Kidd
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 Kidd in 2011 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 4, 1931 Corbin, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | September 12, 2023 (aged 91) Richmond, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1950–1953 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1954 | Eastern Kentucky (SA) |
| 1956–1960 | Madison-Model HS (KY) |
| 1961 | Madison HS (KY) |
| 1962 | Morehead State (assistant) |
| 1963 | Eastern Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1964–2002 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Administrative career ( Eastern Kentucky | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 314–124–8 (college) 54–11–1 (high school) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 15–15 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NCAA D-I-AA National (1979, 1982) 16 OVC (1967–1968, 1974, 1976, 1981–1984, 1986–1988, 1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1997) | |
| Awards | |
| 10× OVC Coach of the Year (1967, 1974, 1976, 1981–1983, 1988, 1990–1991, 1997) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2003 (profile) | |
Roy Lee Kidd
Early life and playing career
Kidd was a star football,
Coaching career
Madison-Model
In 1955, Kidd was hired as the assistant basketball and head baseball coach at Madison Central High School in Richmond, Kentucky. In August 1956, A. L. Lassiter, the superintendent of Richmond city schools, offered Kidd the position of head football coach at Madison-Model High School. Kidd accepted and spent the next six years as coach of the Royal Purples. Model discontinued its partnership with Madison after the 1960–61 school year and Kidd coached Madison for one season, 1961–62 school year, before moving to the college level.
Kidd took over a Madison-Model program that produced a 23–36–12 record from 1947 to 1955. He led the Purples to a 54–11–1 record from 1956 to 1961. His 54 wins rank him as the third winningest coach in Madison football history behind Lassiter (86 wins in 20 years) and Monty Joe Lovell (77 wins in 11 years). Kidd's .818 winning percentage is the best in Richmond Madison football history. His first team (1956) reeled off nine wins to finish the regular season undefeated and collected the most wins of any Madison team since the sport was initiated at the Richmond high school in 1921.
Under his tutelage, Madison-Model put together a 27-game winning streak (1959–1961) and was not scored upon in 15 consecutive regular season games during that span. They captured three Central Kentucky Conference (CKC) titles, in 1956, 1960 and 1961. The Royal Purples were Recreation Bowl champions in 1957 and 1961. Madison-Model went 11–0 in 1960, but, under a controversial point system, was not awarded a berth in the state playoffs. Kidd was chosen Kentucky High School Coach of the Year in his last season (1961) as his Purples went 13–1. Madison finished as the Class AA state runner-up to Fort Thomas' Highlands High School that season as Kidd's squad fell to the Bluebirds 12–0. Future college and NFL coach, Homer Rice, coached Highlands.
Eastern Kentucky
In 1962, he was hired as an assistant coach at Morehead State College. The next year, he ventured back to Richmond to serve as an assistant coach at his alma mater and served under his mentor, Glenn Presnell. After the 1963 season, Presnell retired and Kidd was hired as Eastern's head football coach 1964.
In 1967, Kidd led the Colonels to the first of 16
Over the course of his career, Kidd had a record of 314–124–8, a .713 winning percentage. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003. At retirement, Kidd was the sixth all-time winningest coach in NCAA history with 314 victories. Kidd retired with the most wins for a head coach at the Division I FCS level, with 223, a record now held by Jimmye Laycock.[3] He recorded 37 non-losing seasons, including a streak of 25 straight seasons with a winning record. Kidd coached 55 All-Americans, 202 First Team All-OVC selections and 41 student-athletes who signed National Football League contracts. A member of the OVC and Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame, the Colonels' stadium was named Roy Kidd Stadium in his honor. The street that fronts the stadium has been renamed "Roy and Sue Kidd Way" in honor of Kidd and his wife, Susan Purcell Kidd.
Death
Roy Kidd died on September 12, 2023, at the age of 91.[4]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Kentucky Maroons/Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) (1964–2002) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Eastern Kentucky | 3–5–1 | 2–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1965 | Eastern Kentucky | 4–4–1 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1966 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–3 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1967 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–1–2 | 5–0–2 | 1st | W Grantland Rice | ||||
| 1968 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–2 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1969 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1970 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–2 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1971 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–4–1 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1972 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–6 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1973 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1974 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–2 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1975 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–2–1 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1976 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–3 | 6–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1977 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1978 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1979 | Eastern Kentucky | 11–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | W NCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
| 1980 | Eastern Kentucky | 10–3 | 5–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
| 1981 | Eastern Kentucky | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
| 1982 | Eastern Kentucky | 13–0 | 7–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division I-AA Championship | ||||
| 1983 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–3–1 | 6–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1984 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–4 | 6–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1985 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1986 | Eastern Kentucky | 10–3–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal | ||||
| 1987 | Eastern Kentucky | 9–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1988 | Eastern Kentucky | 11–3 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal | ||||
| 1989 | Eastern Kentucky | 9–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1990 | Eastern Kentucky | 10–2 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1991 | Eastern Kentucky | 12–2 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal | ||||
| 1992 | Eastern Kentucky | 9–3 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1993 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–4 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1994 | Eastern Kentucky | 10–3 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1995 | Eastern Kentucky | 9–3 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1996 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–5 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1997 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–4 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1998 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–5 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1999 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2000 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–5 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2001 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2002 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–4 | 4–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Eastern Kentucky: | 314–124–8 | 206–61–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 314–124–8 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
See also
- List of college football coaches with 200 wins
- List of college football coaches with 150 NCAA Division I FCS wins
References
- ^ "Roy Lee Kidd of Richmond, Kentucky : Obituary". Richmond, KY: Oldham, Roberts & Powell Funeral Home. September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Football Coaching Records" (PDF).
- ^ This win total includes only those wins earned while coaching a I-AA/FCS program after the creation of that subdivision in 1978.
- ^ "EKU Football Legend Coach Roy Kidd Passes Away at 91". September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
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