Kent Kessinger
American football player and coach
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Kent Kessinger is an American retired college football coach. He was the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, from 2004 to 2021, compiling a record of 108–85.
Kessinger and his team preparing to take the field | |
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1988–1991 | Bethany (KS) |
| Position | Offensive lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–2003 | Augustana (SD) (OC) |
| 2004–2021 | Ottawa (KS) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 108–85 |
| Tournaments | 1–6 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 KCAC (2009, 2011–2012, 2014) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× KCAC Coach of the Year (2009, 2011) | |
Playing career
Kessinger is a graduate of Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where he played offensive line under his father, Ted Kessinger.[1]
Coaching career
Part of Kessinger's coaching style was to encourage athletes to participate in more than one sport. "It breaks up the year, it gives them something to compete with when they're in the offseason, and if they really love to play it, then we encourage them to keep on doing it," he said[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2004–2021) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Ottawa | 3–7 | 3–6 | T–8th | |||||
| 2005 | Ottawa | 5–5 | 4–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2006 | Ottawa | 1–9 | 1–8 | 10th | |||||
| 2007 | Ottawa | 4–6 | 3–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2008 | Ottawa | 8–2 | 7–2 | T–2nd | 22 | ||||
| 2009 | Ottawa | 11–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 5 | |||
| 2010 | Ottawa | 9–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NAIA First Round | 10 | |||
| 2011 | Ottawa | 9–3 | 9–0 | 1st | L NAIA First Round | 10 | |||
| 2012 | Ottawa | 8–3 | 8–1 | 1st | L NAIA First Round | 16 | |||
| 2013 | Ottawa | 8–4 | 7–2 | T–2nd | L NAIA First Round | 14 | |||
| 2014 | Ottawa | 9–3 | 8–1 | 1st | L NAIA First Round | 13 | |||
| 2015 | Ottawa | 6–4 | 6–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2016 | Ottawa | 4–7 | 4–5 | 5th | |||||
| 2017 | Ottawa | 3–8 | 3–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2018 | Ottawa | 8–2 | 8–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2019 | Ottawa | 2–8 | 2–8 | 10th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Ottawa | 5–5 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2021 | Ottawa | 5–6 | 4–6 | 7th | |||||
| Ottawa: | 108–85 | 96–67 | |||||||
| Total: | 108–85 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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