Edward McKeever

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Edward McKeever
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1910-08-25)August 25, 1910 San Antonio, Texas
Died	September 13, 1974(1974-09-13) (aged 64) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Playing career
1932–1934	Texas Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1935–1938	Texas Tech (backfield)
1939–1940	Boston College (assistant)
1941–1943	Notre Dame (backfield)
1944	Notre Dame
1945–1946	Cornell
1947	San Francisco
1948	Chicago Rockets
1949	LSU (backfield)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1960–1961	Boston Patriots (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall	25–12–1 (college) 1–3 (AAFC)

Edward Clark Timothy McKeever (August 25, 1910 – September 13, 1974) was an American football player, coach, and executive. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame (1944) and Cornell University (1945–1946) and the University of San Francisco (1947), compiling a career college football record of 25–12–1.^[1] From 1960 to 1961, McKeever was the general manager of the American Football League's Boston Patriots

A native of Texas,^[2] McKeever originally attended Notre Dame in 1930 and 1931 and transferred to Texas Tech University, where he played football from 1932 to 1934. He launched his coaching career in 1935 as backfield coach at Texas Tech, where he remained through 1938. In 1939 and 1940, McKeever was on Frank Leahy's staff at Boston College. He came to Notre Dame along with Leahy in 1941 and served as an assistant through 1943, and was named interim head coach in 1944 when Leahy entered the United States Navy. McKeever gained a spot in the Notre Dame record books by presiding over the worst defeat in school history, a 59–0 rout by Army. in 1945, McKeever moved on to Cornell as head coach, where he remained for two seasons. In 1947, he became head coach at the University of San Francisco and the following season served as head coach of the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference. In 1949, he joined the staff at Louisiana State University and in 1960 became general manager of the Boston Patriots.

McKeever died on September 13, 1974.^[2]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	AP^#
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1944)
1944	Notre Dame	8–2	9
Notre Dame:		8–2
Cornell Big Red (Independent) (1945–1946)
1945	Cornell	5–4
1946	Cornell	5–3–1
Cornell:		10–7–1
San Francisco Dons (Independent) (1947)
1947	San Francisco	7–3
San Francisco:		7–3
Total:		25–12–1
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

↑ "Edward C. "Ed" McKeever Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
1 2 "McKeever Dies". The Times-News. Hendersonville, N.C. Associated Press. September 14, 1974. p. 8. Retrieved October 2, 2010.

External links

Notre Dame profile
Edward McKeever at the College Football Data Warehouse
Edward McKeever at Pro-Football-Reference.com

Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches

No coach (1887–1893) James L. Morison (1894) H. G. Hadden (1895) Frank E. Hering (1896–1898) James McWeeney (1899) Pat O'Dea (1900–1901) James Farragher (1902–1903) Louis J. Salmon (1904) Henry J. McGlew (1905) Thomas A. Barry (1906–1907) Victor M. Place (1908) Frank Longman (1909–1910) John L. Marks (1911–1912) Jesse Harper (1913–1917) Knute Rockne (1918–1930) Heartley Anderson (1931–1933) Elmer Layden (1934–1940) Frank Leahy (1941–1943) Edward McKeever (1944) Hugh Devore (1945) Frank Leahy (1946–1953) Terry Brennan (1954–1958) Joe Kuharich (1959–1962) Hugh Devore (1963) Ara Parseghian (1964–1974) Dan Devine (1975–1980) Gerry Faust (1981–1985) Lou Holtz (1986–1996) Bob Davie (1997–2001) George O'Leary (2001) Tyrone Willingham (2002–2004) Kent Baer # (2004) Charlie Weis (2005–2009) Brian Kelly (2010–present)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Cornell Big Red head football coaches

No coach (1887–1891)
Carl Johanson (1892–1893)
Marshall Newell (1894–1895)
Joseph Beacham (1896)
Pop Warner (1897–1898)
Percy Haughton (1899–1900)
Raymond Starbuck (1901–1902)
Bill Warner (1903)
Pop Warner (1904–1906)
Henry Schoellkopf (1907–1908)
George Walder (1909)
Daniel A. Reed (1910–1911)
Albert Sharpe (1912–1917)
No team (1918)
John H. Rush (1919)
Gil Dobie (1920–1935)
Carl Snavely (1936–1944)
Edward McKeever (1945–1946)
George K. James (1947–1960)
Tom Harp (1961–1965)
Jack Musick (1966–1974)
George Seifert (1975–1976)
Bob Blackman (1977–1982)
Maxie Baughan (1983–1988)
Jack Fouts (1989)
Jim Hofher (1990–1997)
Pete Mangurian (1998–2000)
Tim Pendergast (2001–2003)
Jim Knowles (2004–2009)
Kent Austin (2010–2012)
David Archer (2013– )

San Francisco Dons head football coaches

Unknown (1917)
No team (1918)
Unknown (1919)
No team (1920–1923)
Jimmy Needles (1924–1931)
Lawrence Lewis (1932–1935)
George Malley (1936–1940)
Jeff Cravath (1941)
Al Tassi (1942–1943)
No team (1944–1945)
Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (1946)
Edward McKeever (1947)
Joe Kuharich (1948–1951)
No team (1952–1958)
Unknown (1959–1960)
Robert MacKenzie (1961–1962)
Unknown (1963)
Ron Piercall (1964–1968)
Vince Tringali (1969–1971)

Boston / New England Patriots general managers

Edward McKeever (1960–1961)
Mike Holovak (1961–1968)
George Sauer (1969–1970)
Upton Bell (1971–1972)
Peter Hadhazy *
Chuck Fairbanks
Bucko Kilroy (1979–1982)
Patrick Sullivan (1983–1990)
Sam Jankovich # (1990–1993)
Bill Parcells # (1993–1996)
Bobby Grier # (1996–2000)
Bill Belichick # (2000– )

Asterisk (*) denotes acting general manager. Pound sign (#) denotes de facto general manager.

1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—AP national champions

Head coach: Frank Leahy

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