Floyd Kerr was an American collegiate and professional basketball player and athletic administrator.
12 Facts About Floyd Kerr
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Floyd Kerr played collegiately at Colorado State, where he and his twin brother, Lloyd Floyd Kerr, helped lead the Rams to the Elite Eight of the 1969 NCAA tournament.
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Floyd Kerr played collegiately at Colorado State University from 1966 to 1969, playing alongside his brother Lloyd Floyd Kerr.
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Floyd Kerr averaged 14.0 points and 6.9 rebounds, while Lloyd Kerr averaged 15.8 points and 5.7 rebounds for the season.
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Floyd Kerr was drafted by the Los Angeles Stars of the American Basketball Association in the 1969 ABA Draft.
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Floyd Kerr played one season with the Harlem Magicians and another professional season in Belgium winning the European championship.
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Floyd Kerr returned to his alma mater to become an assistant basketball coach at Colorado State, serving in that role from 1974 to 1980 as the first black basketball coach at the university.
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In 1992, Floyd Kerr was head coach of the Youngstown Pride of the World Basketball League in the final season of the league.
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Floyd Kerr served as Assistant Athletic Director at Youngstown State University from 1993 to 2000 and became the athletic director at Southern University, a position he held from 2000 to 2005.
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From 2005 until his retirement in 2016, Floyd Kerr was the athletic director at Morgan State University.
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In 2004, Floyd Kerr was ranked 75th as one of the 101 most influential minorities in sports by Sports Illustrated magazine.
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In 2006, Floyd Kerr was inducted into the Colorado State Athletics Hall of Fame.