Kevin Beard
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
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| Position: | Wide receivers coach | ||||||||
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| Born: | January 20, 1981 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Plantation (FL) | ||||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2004 | ||||||||
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Kevin Leon Beard (born January 20, 1981) is an American football coach and former player who is the wide receivers coach for University of Miami. He played college football at the University of Miami for Larry Coker, and afterward played professionally in the AF2 from 2005 to 2006, and in the Arena Football League in 2007. In 2015, Beard returned to Miami as the wide receivers coach.
Beard attended Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida[1] and was a student and a standout in football and basketball. In football, as a junior, he made 50 receptions for 850 yards (17.00 yards per reception) and 15 touchdowns. As a senior, he was a first team All-Broward County selection, a second team All-State selection, and was named by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as a Broward County co-Offensive Player of the Year. In basketball, as a senior, he was a second team All-State selection. Beard graduated from Plantation High School in 1999.