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Andrew Kerr

Andrew Kerr held Colgate at Power Program III for 11 seasons.

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1936–1946 · 1 stint
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerCOLGATEPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelColgate, 1936: 6-3, Power Program III1936Colgate, 1937: 3-5, National Program I1937Colgate, 1938: 2-5, National Program I1938Colgate, 1939: 2-5, National Program II1939Colgate, 1940: 5-3, National Program II1940Colgate, 1941: 3-3, National Program III1941Colgate, 1942: 6-2, National Program III1942Colgate, 1943: 5-3, National Program II1943Colgate, 1944: 2-5, National Program III1944Colgate, 1945: 3-4, National Program III1945Colgate, 1946: 4-4, National Program III1946+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Colgate, 11 seasons
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Power Program III → National Program III.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

Winless in 6 tries against Wallace Wade.

One-score games
8–11–5
33.3% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Wallace Wade0–6
6 meetings, 1936–1941
’36 L’37 L’38 L’39 L’40 L’41 L
0% win rate across a real, 6-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
1–10 9.1%
National Program
5–7 41.7%
Regional Program
13–10 56.5%

Coaching career

1936–1946
Colgatecaretaker
Power Program III
Andrew Kerr held Colgate at Power Program III for 11 seasons.

1st-best Colgate tenure of 4 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Paul Bixler (1947–1951).

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