Edward McKeever Paperback

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Edward Clark Timothy McKeever (August 25, 1910 - September 13, 1974) was an American football player, coach, and executive. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame (1944) and Cornell University (1945-1946) and the University of San Francisco (1947), compiling a career college football record of 25-12-1. From 1960 to 1961, McKeever was the general manager of the American Football League's Boston Patriots. A native of Texas,McKeever originally attended Notre Dame in 1930 and 1931 and transferred to Texas Tech University, where he played football from 1932 to 1934. He launched his coaching career in 1935 as backfield coach at Texas Tech, where he remained through 1938. In 1939 and 1940, McKeever was on Frank Leahy's staff at Boston College. He came to Notre Dame along with Leahy in 1941 and served as an assistant through 1943, and was named interim head coach in 1944 when Leahy entered the United States Navy.