Kent Kessinger is an American retired college football coach.

Kessinger is a graduate of Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where he played offensive line under his father, Ted Kessinger.

[1] Part of Kessinger's coaching style was to encourage athletes to participate in more than one sport.

"It breaks up the year, it gives them something to compete with when they're in the offseason, and if they really love to play it, then we encourage them to keep on doing it," he said[2]

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