Vince Kehres

Vince Kehres
Current position
TitleDefensive coordinator
TeamSyracuse
ConferenceACC
Biographical details
Born (1976-02-26) February 26, 1976
Playing career
1994–1997Mount Union
PositionDefensive end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999Austintown Fitch HS (OH) (WR)
2000–2003Mount Union (DL)
2004Mount Union (OL)
2005–2012Mount Union (DC)
2013–2019Mount Union
2020–2025Toledo (DC/LB)
2026–presentSyracuse (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall95–6
Tournaments26–5 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division III (2015, 2017)
6 OAC (2013–2015, 2017–2019)
Awards
OAC Coach of the Year
D3football.com National Coach of the Year (2015, 2017)

Vincent G. Kehres (born February 1976) is an American football coach and former player. He currently serves as the defensive coordinator for the Syracuse Orange.

Kehres served as the head football coach at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio from 2013 to 2019. In seven seasons at the helm of the Mount Union Purple Raiders football program, he compiled a record of 95–6 and led Mount Union to two NCAA Division III Football Championship titles, in 2015 and 2017. Prior to joining Syracuse, Kehres was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Toledo from 2020 to 2025. Kehres is the son of College Football Hall of Fame inductee Larry Kehres, who preceded him as head football coach at Mount Union.