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There weren’t many places in Madison County for Roy Kidd to hide. He won over 300 games and two national championships at Eastern Kentucky University over 39 seasons as head football coach.
When the phone rang at the office on a Monday morning back in the late 1990s, it usually meant someone wasn’t happy about what they read in the newspaper. This
Beloved by his greatest players, Hall of Famer guided Eastern Kentucky football program to two national championships and more than 300 victories.
RICHMOND, Ky. (KT) — Legendary Eastern Kentucky University football coach Roy Kidd passed away early Tuesday morning at the age of 91.
Roy Kidd, who coached Eastern Kentucky to two NCAA Division I-AA football championships in a Hall of Fame career, has died. Kidd won 314 games with the Colonels from 1964 to 2002 and won I-AA titles in 1979 and 1982. The Corbin, Kentucky, native also led EKU to 16 Ohio Valley Conference titles and achieved 25 consecutive winning campaigns among 37 non-losing seasons.