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![]() Kidd in 2011 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Corbin, Kentucky, U.S. | December 4, 1931
Died | September 12, 2023 Richmond, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 91)
Playing career | |
1950–1953 | Eastern Kentucky |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1954 | Eastern Kentucky (SA) |
1956–1960 | Madison-Model HS (KY) |
1961 | Madison HS (KY) |
1962 | Morehead State (assistant) |
1963 | Eastern Kentucky (assistant) |
1964–2002 | Eastern Kentucky |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1991–1995 | Eastern Kentucky |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 314–124–8 (college) 54–11–1 (high school) |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 15–15 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 NCAA D-I-AA National (1979, 1982) 16 OVC (1967–1968, 1974, 1976, 1981–1984, 1986–1988, 1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1997) | |
Awards | |
10× OVC Coach of the Year (1967, 1974, 1976, 1981–1983, 1988, 1990–1991, 1997) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2003 (profile) |
Roy Lee Kidd[1] (December 4, 1931 – September 12, 2023) was an American collegiate football league player and coach. He served as the head coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 1964 to 2002, compiling a record of 314–124–8.[2] Kidd's Eastern Kentucky Colonels won NCAA Division I-AA Football Championships in 1979 and 1982 and were runners-up in 1980 and 1981. His 314 career victories are second-most in NCAA Division I-AA/FCS history, trailing only those of Grambling State's Eddie Robinson. Kidd was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003.