Kenni Burns has been fired as head football coach by Kent State. The Kent State Golden Flashes were 1-23 during his tenure. Here is a look at the Kent State Golden Flashes football program since 2008 (the
first year that in which I have data for the model).
This time period only covers the last three seasons of head football
coach Doug Martin (2008-2010), Darrell Hazell (2011-2012), Paul Haynes (2018- 2022), Sean Lewis (2018-2022) and Kenni Burns (2023-2024). After the figure
below is a more
detailed look at
the Kent State Golden Flashesl football program during head coach Burns' tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Kenni Burns (2023-2024)
2023
Head
coach Burns' first season finished at 1-11. The Golden Flashes played
against an "easier”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Golden Flashes SOS was between one and two
standard deviations higher than the average SOS for the "league". Kent State's
best (and only) win
was against FCS Central Connecticut State (38-10) and their
worst loss was against #119 ranked Eastern Michigan by a score of (14-28).
Kent State was the #131 ranked team overall , with the #131 ranked
offense and the #103 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024
What became Burns' final season at Kent State, the Golden Flashes were winless, finishing at 0-12. Kent State played
against an "average”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that Kent State's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" SOS. Kent State's worst loss was against FCS St. Francis (PA) by a score of (17-23).
Kent State was the #134 ranked team overall (the worst for that season), with the #128 ranked
offense and the #134 ranked defense (the worst for that season) using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025 FBS Head Coach Changes
Stanford and Troy Taylor
