Dan Kratzer

Daniel Leon Kratzer (born July 7, 1949) is a former American football player and coach. Kratzer served as the head football coach at Ohio Northern (1984–1985), Hastings (1990–1994), Lindenwood (1995–2000), and South Dakota Mines (2005–2011), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–116–1.

Dan Kratzer
Biographical details
Born (1949-07-07) July 7, 1949
Kearney, Missouri
Alma materMissouri Valley
Central Missouri State
Playing career
1968–1969Northern Arizona
1970–1971Missouri Valley
1973Kansas City Chiefs
Position(s)Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974Missouri Valley (assistant)
1975Kearney HS (MO) (assistant)
1976–1977Trenton HS (MO)
1978–1982Lee's Summit HS (MO)
1983Indiana (assistant)
1984–1985Ohio Northern
1986Miami (OH) (assistant)
1987Richmond HS (MO)
1988–1989Missouri Valley (OC)
1990–1994Hastings
1995–2000Lindenwood
2001–2004Kent State (assistant)
2005–2011South Dakota Mines
Head coaching record
Overall90–116–1 (college)
Tournaments1–3 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Nebraska-Iowa (1991–1992)

Playing career

Kratzer, a wide receiver, played high school football in Lathrop, Missouri before playing college football at Northern Arizona and Missouri Valley in the early 1970. 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.

Professionally, he was an eighth round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1972 NFL draft, but did not play for them; he only played in a single game in 1973 for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Coaching career

Kratzer was an assistant under Sam Wyche at Indiana University Bloomington in 1983 before being named the head football coach at Ohio Northern University. He later was the third head football coach at Lindenwood 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] Prior to that, he also served as head coach for three Missouri high schools for seven total seasons, head coach at Ohio Northern for two seasons, earned two conference championships during his five years at Hastings. His longest tenure was his last serving as head coach at the South Dakota School of Mines for seven years, ending in 2011 and marking SDSM&T's transition to NCAA Division II.

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs NAIA#
Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1984–1985)
1984 Ohio Northern 2–6–12–5–17th
1985 Ohio Northern 1–91–78th
Ohio Northern: 3–15–13–12–1
Hastings Broncos (Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference) (1990–1994)
1990 Hastings 3–63–23rd
1991 Hastings 8–45–01stL NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
1992 Hastings 8–36–01stL NAIA Division II First Round
1993 Hastings 9–25–12ndL NAIA Division II First Round
1994 Hastings 7–34–23rd
Hastings: 35–1823–5
Lindenwood Lions (Mid-States Football Association) (1995)
1995 Lindenwood 4–72–3
Lindenwood Lions (Heart of America Athletic Conference) (1996–2000)
1996 Lindenwood 4–63–67th
1997 Lindenwood 4–64–5T–6th
1998 Lindenwood 8–37–22ndL NAIA First Round16
1999 Lindenwood 5–55–4T–5th
2000 Lindenwood 4–84–55th
Lindenwood: 29–3525–25
South Dakota Mines Hardrockers (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2005–2010)
2005 South Dakota Mines 1–91–68th
2006 South Dakota Mines 1–90–68th
2007 South Dakota Mines 3–71–6T–7th
2008 South Dakota Mines 5–53–4T–5th
2009 South Dakota Mines 5–53–5T–5th
2010 South Dakota Mines 7–36–2T–2nd
South Dakota Mines Hardrockers (NCAA Division II independent) (2011)
2011 South Dakota Mines 1–10
South Dakota Mines: 23–4814–29
Total:90–116–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Lindenwood Coaching Records". Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
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