title: W. Durant Berry
text: # W. Durant Berry
  
  Walter Durant Berry (September 3, 1870 – July 9, 1953) was an American college football coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, serving from 1894 to 1895 and compiling a record of 6–6. Berry later worked as a doctor in New England. In 1903, he married Helen Warren Upham.
  
  Berry had previously been a head football coach at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1981 to 1893, compiling a record of 13 wins and 1 loss. He died in 1953.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  | Year | Team | Overall |
  | - | - | - |
  | Centre (Independent) (1891–1893) ||||||
  | 1891 | Centre | 4–0 |
  | 1892 | Centre | 6–0 |
  | 1893 | Centre | 4–1 |
  | Centre: | Centre: | 13–1 |
  | Cincinnati (Independent) (1894–1895) ||||||
  | 1894 | Cincinnati | 3–3 |
  | 1895 | Cincinnati | 3–3 |
  | Cincinnati: | Cincinnati: | 6–6 |
  | Total: | Total: | 19–7 |
  