El Reno's Kerr happy to be coaching again

El Reno coach Shane Kerr is coaching in the 5A West regional at Deer Creek. Kerr has faced tons of adversity in the last few months, but is back feeling healthy again and his team is responding. El Reno put Cory and Cody Dauphin in the regional finals and have several wrestlers still alive on the backside. Kerr isn’t happy about El Reno’s season, but he’s glad to be around to coach. Here’s a look at Kerr’s recent health story…..

Most high school wrestling coaches are enthusiastic about leading their teams into the Class 5A west regionals at Deer Creek, but El Reno coach Shane Kerr has an extra bounce in his step these days. It was just four months ago that Kerr was dealing with a golf ball sized brain tumor behind his right eye. The tumor was removed and was benign, meaning it hadn’t spread to other parts of his body.
“I never really had time to be scared,” Kerr said. “I went in to get my eyes checked and the next thing I knew they were cracking my head open.”
The scar on the right side of his head is still visible underneath his hair, but Kerr is back to normal aside from some mild vision problems. He returned to work after the Christmas break.
“I’m screaming and yelling as good as ever,” Kerr said. “I’m a red head so I’m a fighter, but going through it showed me what life is all about.”