Richard Kent

Richard Kent is a former college football player with a recent scouting and coaching career in NFL Europe. He currently works 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:
*Lexington Senior High School (1984)
*Clemson (1985-1986; graduate assistant coach)
*Austin Peay State University (1987-1988; linebacker and wide receivers coach)
*Catawba College (1988-1991; defensive and special teams coordinator and secondary, linebacker and defensive line coach)
*Troy State (1992-1994; defensive coordinator, secondary coach and conditioning coordinator)
*Texas Southern University (1995; assistant secondary coach and special teams coordinator)
*Catawba College (1995-1999; assistant head and secondary coach and defensive and special teams coordinator)

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 marks the third year for Richard Kent with the Amsterdam Admirals and his ninth in NFL Europe. It will be his second campaign as Amsterdam's defensive coordinator.

References:
* [http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/coaches NFLEurope.com] - Coaches' Profiles - "2007"
* [http://www.nfleurope.com/news/archive/2082002_kent NFLEurope.com] - Kent joins World Bowl champions - "February 8, 2002"