Kenneth Carlyle "Gerry" Gerard (July 14, 1903 – January 17, 1951) was an American basketball and soccer coach.
He helped form the Duke Blue Devils men's soccer program in 1935, coaching the team for 11 seasons.
A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Gerard attended the University of Illinois, where played basketball and football as an end and quarterback.
[1] He graduated from Illinois in June 1928 with a Bachelor of Science degree and began his career that fall as a teacher and head football coach at the high school in Athens, Pennsylvania.
[4] He died on January 17, 1951, at Duke University Hospital, in Durham, North Carolina after a serious injury lasting several months.