Vince Kehres
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Toledo |
| Conference | MAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 26, 1976 |
| Alma mater | University of Mount Union |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | Mount Union |
| Position(s) | Defensive end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Austintown Fitch HS (OH) (assistant) |
| 2000–2004 | Mount Union (DL) |
| 2005–2012 | Mount Union (DC) |
| 2013–2019 | Mount Union |
| 2020–present | Toledo (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 95–6 |
| Tournaments | 26–5 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NCAA Division III (2015, 2017) 6 OAC (2013–2015, 2017–2019) As Assistant Coach 13 OAC (2000–2012) MAC (2022) 2 MAC West (2022–2023) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× OAC Coach of the Year 2× D3football.com National Coach of the Year (2015, 2017) | |
Vincent G. Kehres (born February 1976) is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator at University of Toledo, a position he has held since 2020. Kehres served as the head football coach at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio from 2013 to 2019. In seven seasons at the helm of the Mount Union Purple Raiders football program, he compiled a record of 95–6 and led Mount Union to two NCAA Division III Football Championship titles, in 2015 and 2017. Kehres is the son of College Football Hall of Fame inductee Larry Kehres, who preceded him as head football coach at Mount Union.
Coaching career[edit]
Kehres both played as a player and served as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator under his father. Prior to his return to Mount Union to coach in 2000, he briefly coached as an assistant for a single year at Austintown Fitch High School.
Kehres was named the head football coach at Mount Union on May 8, 2013.[1]
On January 13, 2020, The Blade reported that Kehres was leaving Mount Union to take a position with the Toledo Rockets as a defensive coach.[2]
Family[edit]
Kehres is the son of Larry Kehres, who preceded him as head football coach at Mount Union. The younger Kehres and his wife, Lindsay, have three sons, Evan, Bo, and Jackson.[3]
Head coaching record[edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | D3# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Union Purple Raiders (Ohio Athletic Conference) (2013–2019) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Mount Union | 14–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | 3 | |||
| 2014 | Mount Union | 14–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | 2 | |||
| 2015 | Mount Union | 15–0 | 9–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | 1 | |||
| 2016 | Mount Union | 12–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 4 | |||
| 2017 | Mount Union | 15–0 | 9–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Mount Union | 14–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | 2 | |||
| 2019 | Mount Union | 11–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 3 | |||
| Mount Union: | 95–6 | 62–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 95–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References[edit]
- ^ Zupanic, Jeffrey (May 9, 2013). "Vince Kehres selected as new head coach of Mount Union football team following father's retirement". Alliance Review. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ "Toledo football to hire Mount Union coach Vince Kehres". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "Vince Kehres profile - Mount Union". Mount Union University. 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.