Dan Kratzer

Dan Kratzer
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1949-07-07) July 7, 1949
Kearney, Missouri
Playing career
1970s Missouri Valley
1973 Kansas City Chiefs
Position(s) Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974 Missouri Valley (assistant)
1975 Kearney HS (MO) (assistant)
1976–1977 Trenton HS (MO)
1978–1982 Lee's Summit HS (MO)
1983 Indiana (assistant)
1984–1985 Ohio Northern
1986 Miami (OH) (assistant)
1987 Richmond HS (MO)
1988–1989 Missouri Valley (OC)
1990–1994 Hastings
1995–2000 Lindenwood
2001–2004 Kent State (assistant)
2005–2011 South Dakota Mines
Head coaching record
Overall 90–116–1 (college)
Tournaments 1–3 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
0–1 (NAIA playoffs)

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Nebraska-Iowa (1991–1992)

Daniel Leon Kratzer (born July 7, 1949) is a former American football player and coach. He played college football at Missouri Valley College in the early 1970s and professionally for one season, 1973, in the National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs. Kratzer served as the head football coach at Ohio Northern University (1984–1985), Hastings College (1990–1994), Lindenwood University (1995–2000), and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (2005–2011), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–116–1. Kratzer holds the NAIA record for average yards per catch for a season with 30.63, on 30 catches for 919 yards, set in 1970. He was an eighth round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1972 NFL draft.

Coaching career

Kratzer was the third head football coach at Lindenwood University located in St. Charles, Missouri and he held that position for six seasons, from 1995 until 2000. His overall coaching record at Lindenwood was 29–35.[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Mid-States Football Association) (1984–1985)
1984 Ohio Northern 2–6–1 2–5–1 7th
1985 Ohio Northern 1–9 1–7 8th
Ohio Northern: 3–15–1 3–12–1
Hastings Broncos (Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference) (1990–1994)
1990 Hastings 3–6 2–4
1991 Hastings 8–4 5–0 1st L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
1992 Hastings 8–3 6–0 1st L NAIA Division II First Round
1993 Hastings 9–2 5–1 2nd L NAIA Division II First Round
1994 Hastings 7–3 4–2 2nd
Hastings: 35–18 22–7
Lindenwood Lions (Mid-States Football Association) (1995)
1995 Lindenwood 4–7 2–3
Lindenwood Lions (Heart of America Athletic Conference) (1996–2000)
1996 Lindenwood 4–6 3–6
1997 Lindenwood 4–6 4–5
1998 Lindenwood 8–3 7–2 L NAIA First Round
1999 Lindenwood 5–5 5–4
2000 Lindenwood 4–8 4–5
Lindenwood: 29–35 25–25
South Dakota Mines Hardrockers (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2005–2010)
2005 South Dakota Mines 1–9 1–6 8th
2006 South Dakota Mines 1–9 0–6 8th
2007 South Dakota Mines 3–7 1–6 T–7th
2008 South Dakota Mines 5–5 3–4 T–5th
2009 South Dakota Mines 5–5 3–5 T–5th
2010 South Dakota Mines 7–3 6–2 T–2nd
South Dakota Mines Hardrockers (NCAA Division II independent) (2011)
2011 South Dakota Mines 1–10
South Dakota Mines: 23–48 14–29
Total: 90–116–1

References

  1. ↑ Lindenwood Coaching Records

External links

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