Kent State Hires Gophers Assistant Kenni Burns As New Football Coach

CBS Minnesota

December 15, 2022

Kent State has turned its program over to Minnesota associate head coach Kenni Burns, who will try to build on the success started by Sean Lewis.

"I am excited and humbled to lead the Kent State football program," Burns said Wednesday. "I am looking forward to getting to know the team and connecting with them on a personal level, and I am also excited to engage our alumni and fans as we begin to move this program forward. We have a lot of work and recruiting to do, and I can't wait to get started."

Burns will take over a program revived in five seasons by Lewis, who resigned last week to be Deion Sanders' offensive coordinator at Colorado. Lewis went 24-31 and led the Golden Flashes to their first bowl win in 2019, when they beat Utah State in the Frisco Bowl.

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