Larry Kerr Position: Assistant Coach Years coaching: 37th season (14th at CSU)

Larry Kerr at a glance...

• Rejoined the Colorado State coaching staff on Dec. 12, 2007; he was the first coach hired by Steve Fairchild.
  
• Enters his 36th overall season in coaching, his 19th as a college coordinator.
  
• Saw 12 defensive players selected in the NFL Draft during his first tenure at CSU (1993-2002).
  
• A two-year starting linebacker at San Jose State, played on a defense that sent eight of 11 starters to the NFL, including Denver Broncos Ring of Famer Louie Wright.
  
• A former standout high school athlete in Northern California, was inducted into the Marin County Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.
  
• Each of his two daughters, Kelly and Lindsey, played volleyball for the Rams earlier this decade.

Postseason Experience

Coaching Background

Prominent Players Coached

• LB Mychal Sisson, consensus freshman All-American in `08.
  
• Twelve NFL Draft choices at CSU: Sean Moran (Buffalo, fourth round, 120th overall), Raymond Jackson (Buffalo 5/156), Greg Myers (Cincinnati, 5/144) and Brady Smith (New Orleans 3/70) in 1994; Joey Porter (Pittsburgh 3/73) and Jason Craft (Jacksonville 5/160) in 1999; Clark Haggans (Pittsburgh 5/137) and Erik Olson (Jacksonville 7/236) in 2000; John Howell (Tampa Bay 4/117) and Rick Crowell (Miami 6/188) in 2001; and Dexter Wynn (Philadelphia 6/192) and Andre Sommersell (Oakland, 7/255) in 2003.
  
• Smith (1995) and Crowell (2000) were conference Players of the Year.
  
• Myers, a two-time All-American, won the 1995 Jim Thorpe Award.
  
• Spencer Havner, a UCLA linebacker who was a semifinalist for the Butkus, Rotary Lombardi and Bednarik awards (now with Green Bay Packers).
  
• Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year Dave Ball, and first-team all-conference performer Brandon Chillar.
  
• Stanford LB Dave Wyman, who enjoyed a nine-year NFL career after Seattle selected him in the second round of the 1987 draft.

Recruiting Areas:

• Colorado
  
• Houston