Sports - Winning Athletic Programs
Kent State Vice President and Director of Athletics Randale L. Richmond announced that women's basketball head coach Todd Starkey will depart for another coaching opportunity and is naming associate head coach Fran Recchia as the program's seventh head coach.
Kent State Men's Basketball (24-19) has punched their ticket to the 2026 National Invitation Tournament. The Golden Flashes will play on the road at Illinois State University on Wednesday, March 18. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. This following a strong season that saw the blue and gold reach the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinal.
The Kent State Men's Basketball team's run to a MAC Championship came to an end, as the team fell to Akron 75-68 in the MAC Semifinals in Cleveland, Ohio.
Kent State lost to top-seeded Miami, 65-58, in a Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament quarterfinal contest at Rocket Arena on Wednesday.
Lou Holtz, a Kent State University alumnus who became one of college football's most successful and charismatic coaches, leading the University of Notre Dame to a national championship and six different programs to bowl games during his storied career, has died. He was 89.