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Kevin Kerr
Born (1967-09-18) September 18, 1967 (age 56)
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Rochester Americans
Utica Devils
Portland Pirates
NHL Draft 56th overall, 1986
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1987–2005

Kevin Kerr (born September 18, 1967) is a Canadian retired professional hockey player and former head coach of the Flint Generals of the United/International Hockey League.

Career

Kerr was drafted in the third round, 56th overall of the 1986 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.

On February 4, 2015, Kerr was named the inaugural head coach of the Macon Mayhem of the Southern Professional Hockey League. [1] The club played their first game in October 2015. In his second season as Macon's head coach he won the SPHL's coach of the year, [2] and went on to win the league championship, giving Macon its first professional sports title since the 1962 Macon Peaches baseball team. [3]

Kerr left the Mayhem after the 2017–18 season [4] and was named the head coach of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in the ECHL. [5] The Swamp Rabbits did not renew his contract after the 2019–20 season and he returned to Macon, [6] where he then won his second SPHL coach of the year for the abbreviated 2020–21 season after he led the team to a regular season championship. [7] Kerr resigned following the season due to personal and family reasons. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1983–84 North Bay Centennials OHL 66 7 19 26 138 4 1 1 2 18
1984–85 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 57 5 16 21 189 4 0 0 0 22
1985–86 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 59 21 51 72 266 16 6 8 14 55
1986–87 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 63 27 41 68 264 14 3 8 11 45
1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 72 18 11 29 352 5 1 3 4 42
1988–89 Rochester Americans AHL 66 20 18 38 306 — — — — —
1989–90 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 6 0 0 0 25 — — — — —
1989–90 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 43 11 16 27 219 5 0 1 1 33
1989–90 Rochester Americans AHL 8 0 1 1 22 — — — — —
1990–91 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 36 25 34 59 228 4 0 6 6 23
1990–91 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 13 1 6 7 32 — — — — —
1991–92 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 37 27 18 45 203 9 4 9 13 64
1991–92 Utica Devils AHL 19 3 3 6 25 — — — — —
1992–93 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 39 30 34 64 217 — — — — —
1992–93 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 39 18 23 41 93 — — — — —
1993–94 Flint Generals CoHL 45 57 55 112 299 7 7 6 13 79
1993–94 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 12 2 4 6 9 — — — — —
1993–94 Portland Pirates AHL 4 2 0 2 2 8 0 3 3 21
1994–95 Flint Generals CoHL 62 63 56 119 284 4 6 1 7 2
1995–96 Flint Generals CoHL 66 53 47 100 204 15 11 15 26 24
1996–97 Flint Generals CoHL 68 72 53 125 200 13 10 6 16 35
1997–98 Flint Generals UHL 67 63 48 111 208 16 9 12 21 62
1998–99 Quad City Mallards UHL 49 32 36 68 108 16 5 6 11 29
1998–99 Mobile Mysticks ECHL 12 6 8 14 57 — — — — —
1999–00 Quad City Mallards UHL 68 49 49 98 162 10 2 5 7 24
2000–01 Phoenix Mustangs WCHL 34 18 9 27 45 — — — — —
2000–01 Flint Generals UHL 30 18 23 41 97 — — — — —
2001–02 Toledo Storm ECHL 61 27 27 54 120 — — — — —
2002–03 Elmira Jackals UHL 33 11 9 20 51 — — — — —
2002–03 Rockford IceHogs UHL 18 14 12 26 12 3 2 0 2 8
2003–04 Flint Generals UHL 53 22 25 47 90 3 0 2 2 0
2004–05 Flint Generals UHL 26 8 11 19 39 — — — — —
2004–05 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 13 7 8 15 22 6 1 0 1 4
AHL totals 169 43 33 76 707 13 1 6 7 63
ECHL totals 185 115 121 236 825 13 4 15 19 87
UHL totals 357 224 221 445 789 54 19 25 44 127

References

  1. ^ "Macon Mayhem hire first head coach | Peach State Sports Blog | Macon.com". www.macon.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Macon's Kevin Kerr named SPHL Coach of the Year". SPHL. April 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "Raising Mayhem: Macon brings home SPHL title". macon. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  4. ^ "Kevin Kerr steps down from Mayhem, accepting coaching opportunity". SPHL. May 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "Kevin Kerr Takes Over as Swamp Rabbits Head Coach". Greenville Swamp Rabbits. May 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "Coach Kevin Kerr back with Macon Mayhem". WMGT-TV. July 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Macon's Kevin Kerr named SPHL Coach of the Year". SPHL. May 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "Head Coach Kevin Kerr Steps Down". OurSports Central. August 9, 2021.

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