Biographical details | |
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Born | Warren, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 3, 1870
Died | July 9, 1953 | (aged 82)
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1891–1893 | Centre |
1894–1895 | Cincinnati |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 19–7 |
Walter Durant Berry (September 3, 1870 – July 9, 1953) [1] was an American college football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, serving from 1894 to 1895 and compiling a record of 6–6. [2] Berry later worked as a doctor in New England. In 1903, he married Helen Warren Upham.
Berry had previously been a head football coach at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1981 to 1893, compiling a record of 13 wins and 1 loss. [3] He died in 1953. [4]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Centre (Independent) (1891–1893) | |||||||||
1891 | Centre | 4–0 | |||||||
1892 | Centre | 6–0 | |||||||
1893 | Centre | 4–1 | |||||||
Centre: | 13–1 | ||||||||
Cincinnati (Independent) (1894–1895) | |||||||||
1894 | Cincinnati | 3–3 | |||||||
1895 | Cincinnati | 3–3 | |||||||
Cincinnati: | 6–6 | ||||||||
Total: | 19–7 |