KENT, Ohio – Kent State Vice President and Director of Athletics Randale L. Richmond announced today that Mark Carney has been named the 24th head football coach of the Golden Flashes, removing the ...

South Carolina football will open its 2026 season on Sept. 5 against Kent State in Williams-Brice Stadium, the two schools announced Monday. The season-opening matchup with Kent S ...

In April, Kent State fired Kenni Burns for violations of his contract. That included violations for how he had used his personal credit card. The Golden Flashes didn't name an official head coach ...

The Kent State football team defeated Akron 42-35 in overtime, capturing the Wagon Wheel in the traditional rivalry game between the Mid-American Conference foes on Nov. 11 at InfoCision Stadium. The ...

KENT — The Kent State Golden Flashes' success at Dix Stadium continued Saturday, Oct. 25 when they hosted Bowling Green in a Mid-American Conference football game. Down 21-3 early in the second half, ...

KENT — No one said the Kent State University football team's turnaround was going to happen overnight. Bit by bit, the Golden Flashes are putting the worst behind them. They shoved aside another ...

Gavin Garcia rushed for a career-high 151 yards and the game-winning score as Kent State rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat Northern Illinois, 35-31 on Friday in the season finale for both teams.

KENT — Mark Carney was named Kent State’s football coach Thursday, removing the interim tag he has had since April. Carney was named the interim coach after Kenni Burns was fired because of multiple ...

Kent State football entered the 2025 season with extremely low expectations, with only one win in 2022 and 2023 combined. The Golden Flashes have already tripled that number in 2025 under interim ...

KENT, Ohio — Kent State University has officially removed the interim tag from Mark Carney, naming him the 24th head football coach in program history. The announcement was made on Thursday by Vice ...