Thursday, February 7, 2013
Head Coach Paul Haynes announced his first recruiting class Wednesday afternoon.
There will be 21 new faces on the Kent State football team next season. The Golden Flashes announced Wednesday they signed 21 recruits on National Signing Day, according to the athletics department. The recruits, all receiving scholarships, are the first for new Head Coach Paul Haynes, who was hired after Darrell Hazell announced he was leaving for Purdue in December. According to the athletic department, the average grade-point average of the players is a 3.16 and all but one served as team captains in high school. Kent State's recruiting class was ranked No. 103 by Rivals.com. ""We looked for players that wanted to come in and compete for a spot right away," Haynes said in Wednesday's press conference. "We wanted to get our kind of guys…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
University, community gather to wish Kent State's football team good luck in the GoDaddy.com Bowl Jan. 6
Members of the Kent State University and Kent community gathered Wednesday to wish the Golden Flashes good luck as they prepare for the GoDaddy.com Bowl on Jan. 6 against Arkansas State. Players gathered at Laziza with outgoing coach Darrell Hazell to sign autographs for fans for about 45 minutes Wednesday. Upload your photos and videos from yesterday's send-off by clicking on the "Upload Photos" button. Then Hazell and other members of Kent State Athletics, along with Joel Nielsen, the athletics director, and Kent Mayor Jerry Fiala, strolled down Erie Street to watch eight of the international flags atop the AMETEK building swapped out for Kent State flags — similar to what was done for the team's appearance in the 2012 MAC Championship …
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Former Golden Flashes assistant coach and alumni will replace Darrell Hazell
Kent State University announced Tuesday that former assistant coach and alumni Paul Haynes will take over as head football coach following Darrell Hazell's departuer for Purdue. Haynes, who played for Kent State 25 years ago, also worked as an assistant coach in 1999 and 2000 before moving on to Ohio State University and then Arkansas before coming back to Kent, according to Kent State Athletics. Hazell announced this month he would be leaving Kent State for the top football job at Purdue for a reported $2 million salary. Haynes said during a press conference Tuesday that he planned to let Hazell coach the Golden Flashes during their upcoming Jan. 6 appearance in the GoDaddy.com Bowl against Arkansas State, WKSU reported. "They’ve done a …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Former Golden Flash to take helm of 2012 MAC Championship runner-up
Multiple media outlets are reporting that former Golden Flashes player and Arkansas defensive coordinator Paul Haynes will be named the new head coach of the Kent State University football team. ESPN, Fox 8 and Ohio.com reported Haynes will take over for Darrell Hazell, who announced this month he would be leaving Kent State for the top football job at Purdue for a reported $2 million salary — twice that of his predecessor. A press conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today to announce the news. Haynes also previously served as an assistant head coach for Kent State. The rush to find Hazell's replacement should come as no surprise. Kent State President Lester Lefton told university trustees last week the administration was already …
