He has coached at the youth, high school and college level, and most recently was a player-coach for the Boston Bulldogs of the A-League,

a league one level below the MLS.

After a decade of achievement on the national and international stage, the first-year coach of the Harvard men's soccer team has come to Cambridge with just one goal.

"I am very impatient, and I hate to lose," Kerr said. "I want to really compete for the Ivy League next season, for two reasons. One, it's our division, and you really get credibility if you win it. Two, it gives you an automatic bid into the NCAAs. That is going to be our goal each and every year, and I'm hoping that with what we're building here it won't take us too long."

If Kerr is going to win in the Ivy League, however, he will have to instill his own confidence and fire in a Harvard program that has had only two winning seasons this decade.

Experienced

But if there is anyone who can steer a collegiate team to success, it is John Kerr.

Kerr just knows how to win, and he has tasted success in the collegiate ranks a number of times in his career