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, U.S.
Alma mater	Central Missouri State
Playing career
1968–1969	Northern Arizona
1970–1971	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)
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. 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	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA#
Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Ohio Athletic Conference) (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	3–2	3rd
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	3rd
Hastings:		35–18	23–5
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	7th
1997	Lindenwood	4–6	4–5	T–6th
1998	Lindenwood	8–3	7–2	2nd	L NAIA First Round	16
1999	Lindenwood	5–5	5–4	T–5th
2000	Lindenwood	4–8	4–5	5th
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
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference