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Matt Kerr

Player Profile
Position:
Assistant Coach

Experience:
3rd Season

Alma Mater:
Arkansas (2000)

Matt Kerr enters his third season with Wake Forest as an assistant coach for the men's and women's cross country and track and field teams. He will spend much of his time working with the male distance athletes.

An Ontario, Canada native, Kerr graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2000 with a degree in Business Administration. A four year Dean's list member and Academic All-American, Kerr was an individual NCAA Champion in the Steeplechase in 1998 and 1999. During his time at Arkansas, the Razorbacks pocketed 10 NCAA Team Championships and 12 SEC team championships. Kerr was a four-time SEC Individual Champion and a six-time All-American.

During postgraduate studies at the University of Wollongong in Wollongong, NSW, Australia, Kerr was a five-time Australian University Games Champion. Kerr graduated from Wollongong in December 2002 with a Master's in Business Administration. In 2003 and 2005, Kerr was the Canadian National Champion while a member of Team Canada. He also qualified for the World Track and Field Championships in both years. He currently resides in Winston-Salem with his wife, former assistant coach Jill Snyder Kerr and daughter Madeline Louise Kerr.