| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1949 Kearney, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Central Missouri State |
| Playing career | |
| 1968–1969 | Northern Arizona |
| 1970–1971 | Missouri Valley |
| 1973 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1974 | Missouri Valley (assistant) |
| 1975 | Kearney HS (MO) (assistant) |
| 1976–1977 | Trenton HS (MO) |
| 1978–1982 | Lee's Summit HS (MO) |
| 1983 | Indiana (assistant) |
| 1984–1985 | Ohio Northern |
| 1986 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| 1987 | Richmond HS (MO) |
| 1988–1989 | Missouri Valley (OC) |
| 1990–1994 | Hastings |
| 1995–2000 | Lindenwood |
| 2001–2004 | Kent State (assistant) |
| 2005–2011 | South Dakota Mines |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 90–116–1 (college) |
| Tournaments | 1–3 (NAIA D-II playoffs) 0–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Nebraska-Iowa (1991–1992) | |
Daniel Leon Kratzer (born July 7, 1949) is an American former professional football player and college coach. He played as a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Kratzer served as the head football coach at Ohio Northern (1984–1985), Hastings (1990–1994), Lindenwood (1995–2000), and South Dakota Mines (2005–2011), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–116–1.
Kratzer, a wide receiver, played high school football in Lathrop, Missouri before playing college football for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks and Missouri Valley in the early 1970. 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.
Professionally, he was an eighth round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1972 NFL draft, but did not play for them; he only played in a single game in 1973 for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kratzer was an assistant under Sam Wyche at Indiana University Bloomington in 1983 before being named the head football coach at Ohio Northern University. He later was the third head football coach at Lindenwood 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. [1] Prior to that, he also served as head coach for three Missouri high schools for seven total seasons, head coach at Ohio Northern for two seasons, earned two conference championships during his five years at Hastings. His longest tenure was his last serving as head coach at the South Dakota School of Mines for seven years, ending in 2011 and marking SDSM&T's transition to NCAA Division II.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Ohio Athletic Conference)(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 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 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 | 3rd | |||||
| Hastings: | 35–18 | 23–5 | |||||||
| 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 | 7th | |||||
| 1997 | Lindenwood | 4–6 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1998 | Lindenwood | 8–3 | 7–2 | 2nd | L NAIA First Round | 16 | |||
| 1999 | Lindenwood | 5–5 | 5–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2000 | Lindenwood | 4–8 | 4–5 | 5th | |||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||