Kent Austin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kent Austin
Occupation	Football Coach
Date Of Birth	Jun 25, 1963(1963-06-25)
Age	61
Birthplace	Natick
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Cancer

Kent Austin Biography

Kent Austin is one of the most popular and richest Football Coach who was born on June 25, 1963 in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. Football player and coach who quarterbacked CFL teams such as the BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers and was the head coach at Cornell University.

Quarterback Doug Flutie joined the Argonauts the year after Austin left.

Austin started at quarterback for the Roughriders, British Columbia Lions, and Toronto Argonauts (the second Ole Miss star to play quarterback for Toronto, the first being Eagle Day in 1967), as well as serving as a backup for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He is one of only four CFL quarterbacks to pass for more than 6,000 yards in a single season (6,225 in 1992 with Saskatchewan). Austin won his second Grey Cup in 1994 with the British Columbia Lions, starting the 82nd Grey Cup but being replaced at halftime by Danny McManus due to an injury. McManus would lead the Lions to a win on a last-second field goal.

Following high school at Brentwood Academy, Austin went to the University of Mississippi and played quarterback in the early 1980s. He ranks fourth in passing yards in the Ole Miss records, behind Eli Manning, Bo Wallace, and Romaro Miller. Austin was an Academic All-American in each of his four college seasons and is a member of the University of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.

He was born in Natick, Massachusetts.

Kent Austin Net Worth

Kent Austin is one of the richest Football Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kent Austin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played quarterback at Ole Miss.

From 2008-2010, he was the offensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi.

Richard Kent Austin (born June 25, 1963) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, a position he has held since 2019. Austin served as the head football coach at Cornell University from 2010 to 2012. He was the head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 2007 and CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2013 to 2017.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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On November 25, 2007, Austin coached the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the 95th Grey Cup Championship beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23–19. In doing so, Austin became the first head coach to win a professional football championship for the same team with which he won the championship as a quarterback. He did so in his first year as head coach, and at the same stadium where he won the cup as a player, 18 years earlier. His performance as head coach won him the 2007 Annis Stukus Trophy as CFL coach of the year.

Facts & Trivia

Kent Ranked on the list of most popular Football Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kent Austin celebrates birthday on June 25 of every year.

On January 26, 2010 Austin accepted the head coaching job at Cornell University replacing Jim Knowles who left Cornell to become the defensive coordinator for David Cutcliffe at Duke University.