William Howard "Bud" Kerr (November 10, 1915 – April 9, 1964) was an American football player and coach.

He attended Newburgh Free Academy where he was in the school bad for his first three years and only joined the football team as a part-time player as a senior.

[2][3] After graduating from Notre Dame, Kerr held assistant coaching positions at Washington University in St. Louis and, during World War II, at the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School at Athens, Georgia.

[5] He was hired as the head football coach at the University of San Francisco, succeeding fellow Notre Dame alumnus, Joe Kuharich, in December 1951.

[6] However, the San Francisco Dons football program was discontinued in early 1952 and did not resume until several years later.