Kehres both played as a player and served as an assistant coach and
defensive coordinator under his father. Prior to his return to Mount Union to coach in 2000, he briefly coached as an assistant for a single year at
Austintown Fitch High School. Kehres was named the head football coach at Mount Union on May 8, 2013. On January 13, 2020,
The Blade reported that Kehres was leaving Mount Union to take a position with the
Toledo Rockets as a defensive coach. In December 2025, Kehres was hired as the defensive coordinator for the
Syracuse Orange. ==Family==