| Omaha Nighthawks | |
| Date of birth: | December 29, 1960 |
| Place of birth: | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Secondary coach |
| College: | Appalachian State |
| High school: | East Henderson High School |
| Organizations | |
| As coach: | |
| 1985–86 1987 1987–88 1988–1991 1992–94 1995 1995–2000 1999–2001 2002–03 2004 2005–07 2009–2010 2011-present |
Clemson Jacksonville State Austin Peay Catawba College Troy State Texas Southern Catawba College Scottish Claymores Berlin Thunder Cologne Centurions Amsterdam Admirals Toronto Argonauts Omaha Nighthawks |
| As player: | |
| 1979–1981 | Appalachian State (QB/R) |
Richard Kent is the secondary coach for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He is a former college football player with a recent scouting and coaching career in NFL Europe. He most recently worked as defensive coordinator for the Amsterdam Admirals.
Richard Kent played for 16 successful years in the collegiate ranks of American football at Appalachian State where he also earned his Bachelor of Science degree. Later on he earned his Masters degree at Clemson. During the last 10 years of his college career, he helped his teams achieve a win-loss record of 88-25-1.
Kent joined the football staff at Clemson as a graduate assistant in 1985. Over the years he has served at the following schools:
While he worked at Clemson, the Clemson Tigers played in two Bowl games and won the ACC Championship Game in 1986. Among the NFL players that Kent has coached over the years are Donnell Woolford, Delton Hall and Deems May.
Since 1999 Kent has been active as a coach in NFL Europe. He started at the Scottish Claymores where he served for 3 years (1999-2001), followed by defensive backs coach at Berlin Thunder (2002-2003), the Cologne Centurions (2004) and finally the Amsterdam Admirals (2005-present). In addition to his coaching duties, for several years Kent has worked closely in the off-season with NFLE Director of International Player and Game Development Tony Allen in scouting and developing home-grown prospects from around the world. In those years he helped lead Scotland (2000), Berlin (2002) and Amsterdam (2005) to the World Bowl championship game, which resulted in a victory for the latter two. During Amsterdam's World Bowl-winning 2005 season, the defense, under Kent, led NFL Europe in takeaways and interceptions.
The 2007 season marked Kent's third year with the Amsterdam Admirals, his ninth in NFL Europe, and his second campaign as Amsterdam's defensive coordinator.
On January 27, 2009, Kent was announced as the new secondary coach for the Toronto Argonauts rejoining his partnership with former Admirals head coach Bart Andrus, who had been recently hired as the new head coach for Toronto.[1][2]