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After a disastrous 0-12 season, the Golden Flashes look to pick up the pieces 2025-26, bringing in 18 transfers and saying goodbye to HC Kenni Burns. His firing, triggered by allegations of improperly accepting more than $100,000 in loans from a booster who was also a school vendor (as well as an 1-21 overall record and concern for player safety when he refused to accept a running clock in a 71-0 loss to Tennessee), triggered a staff reshuffling, with former OC Mark Carney taking over as interim HC. Initially, DC Kody Morgan was slated to continue in his role for the upcoming season, but abruptly resigned on July 3rd to take the DT coaches position at North Dakota State.
Media speculation after Morgan’s departure was that Kent would promote internally, given the short timeframe prior to the season. In fact, FootballScoop.com reports that this has already happened, with Cherokee Valeria reportedly being promoted from CB coach to DC/S co-coordinator.
However, no official Kent source lists Valeria (or any other coach) as the DC for this season - not the team website, social media accounts, or even Valeria’s own personal social media account. This leaves us with a question no FBS fan would ever think possible - will a D1 football program go into a season without a defensive coordinator?
Sources:
247sports.com/college/…/transferportal/?instituti…
…yahoo.com/…/investigation-finds-that-fired-kent-…
hustlebelt.com/…/kent-state-defensive-coordinator…
footballscoop.com/…/sources-kent-state-adds-key-n…