Introduction
Daniel Leon Kratzer (born July 7, 1949) is a former American football player and coach. He played college football at Missouri Valley College in the early 1970s and professionally for one season, 1973, in the National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs. Kratzer served as the head football coach at Ohio Northern University (1984–1985), Hastings College (1990–1994), Lindenwood University (1995–2000), and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (2005–2011), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–116–1. 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. He was an eighth round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1972 NFL draft.
Coaching career
Kratzer was the third head football coach at Lindenwood University 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.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Mid-States Football Association) (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 | 2–4 | ||||||
| 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 | 2nd | |||||
| Hastings: | 35–18 | 22–7 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 1997 | Lindenwood | 4–6 | 4–5 | ||||||
| 1998 | Lindenwood | 8–3 | 7–2 | L NAIA First Round | |||||
| 1999 | Lindenwood | 5–5 | 5–4 | ||||||
| 2000 | Lindenwood | 4–8 | 4–5 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||