21 Facts About Roy Kidd

Roy Lee Kidd was an American collegiate football league player and coach.

Roy Kidd was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003.

Roy Kidd was a star football, basketball, and baseball player at Corbin High School in the Whitley County portion of Corbin, Kentucky.

At Corbin, Roy Kidd was a basketball teammate of college All-American Frank Selvy.

Roy Kidd graduated from Corbin in 1950 after being chosen as a first team All-State football player for the 1949 season by The Courier-Journal of Louisville.

Roy Kidd was signed to a football scholarship by Eastern Kentucky State College and played quarterback at the Richmond school from 1950 to 1953.

Roy Kidd actually turned down a scholarship to play for Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky because his favorite sport was baseball and the football coaches at Eastern Kentucky were willing to let him play both sports.

Roy Kidd received four varsity letters in football and baseball at Eastern.

Roy Kidd established a dozen records as quarterback of the Maroons, was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection, and was honored as a "Little All-American" choice in 1953.

Roy Kidd was a star center fielder for Eastern, bettering the.

In 1955, Roy Kidd was hired as the assistant basketball and head baseball coach at Madison Central High School in Richmond, Kentucky.

In 1967, Roy Kidd led the Colonels to the first of 16 Ohio Valley Conference titles during his tenure, as well as a victory in the Grantland Rice Bowl over Ball State.

Roy Kidd led the school to 18 playoff appearances, including a stretch of making the postseason in 16 out of 17 seasons.

All told, Roy Kidd led the Colonels to 16 Ohio Valley Conference titles and a national record 17 NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances.

Roy Kidd won the OVC Coach of the Year honor ten times and was twice honored as the NCAA Division I-AA national coach of the year.

Roy Kidd was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

At retirement, Roy Kidd was the sixth all-time winningest coach in NCAA history with 314 victories.

Roy Kidd retired with the most wins for a head coach at the Division I FCS level, with 223, a record now held by Jimmye Laycock.

Roy Kidd recorded 37 non-losing seasons, including a streak of 25 straight seasons with a winning record.

Roy Kidd coached 55 All-Americans, 202 First Team All-OVC selections and 41 student-athletes who signed National Football League contracts.

Roy Kidd died on September 12,2023, at the age of 91.