John Hilber, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 27, 2024
Kent State football will be under the direction of Kenni Burns until the 2028 season after the first-time coach’s contract was extended an extra year Friday.
Burns signed his initial five-year contract...
New coach Kenni Burns inherits a football program that finished 5-7 overall last season and is predicted to finish last in the Mid-American Conference in the 2023 MAC Football Head Coaches Preseason...
On April 13, Kent State Athletics announced Van Wagner as its exclusive multimedia rights partner and sales agent.
Van Wagner will be responsible for corporate sponsorships and media sales for Kent...
On March 24, 2022, Director of Athletics Randale Richmond announced the plans to renovate Kent State’s softball team’s field.
Last Friday, the Flashes finally played on the new Devine Diamond, named...
Assistant coaches from nine different Kent State varsity sports participated in the first Coaches Leadership Academy development program.
“This is an opportunity to have something in-house, and it...
To read part one, click here.
Title IX passed on June 23, 1972, but it did not bring immediate change.
Judy Devine, who had earned her masters in health and physical education, was the university’s...
To read day two, click here.
Despite its successes on the field and in the arena for women’s athletics, Kent State’s road to equality has not always been smooth. During Joel Nielsen’s tenure as...
The Golden Flashes Club, the athletic department’s annual donors, raised its highest amount of money since 2017 in its first full year after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The group’s 2,300 donors, who...
Nearly 100 students, faculty and staff attended a virtual town hall meeting Monday to reflect, discuss and digest the May 14 shooting in Buffalo, New York.
The suspected gunman killed 10 and injured...
The softball complex and gymnastics practice gym will be renovated starting this summer, addressing key facility issues and safety concerns.
“This has been a long time coming,” head softball coach...
Six athletic facilities have been named to honor impactful supporters of Kent State’s sports programs.
The Golden Flashes Club, annual donors to Kent State athletics, announced the news in a press...
New Kent State volleyball coach Haley Eckerman said she wants to push her new team of athletes to be the best competitors and people they can be.
“Sometimes you get coaches who are just about wins,”...
