Kenneth A. "Wild Bill" Kelly (June 1, 1905 â March 7, 1984) was an American football, basketball, and tennis player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University from 1951 to 1966, compiling a record of 91âÂÂ58âÂÂ2, and the head basketball coach at Central Michigan for two seasons from 1954 to 1956, tallying a mark of 23âÂÂ20. Kelly/Shorts Stadium, the home field of the Central Michigan Chippewas football program, was renamed in Kelly's honor in 1983. Kelly died on March 7, 1984, at the age of 78.