Friday, May 2, 2008

KENT KINKADE NAMED TO TUSCULUM FOOTBALL STAFF

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Kent Kinkade has been named as an assistant coach for the Tusculum College football team announced Pioneer head coach Frankie DeBusk. Kinkade will coach the Tusculum offensive line as he replaces Don Dover, who accepted a similar position at Birmingham Southern College.

Kinkade, a native Indianapolis, Ind., comes to Tusculum after serving the last three years on the coaching staff at Culver Academy. While at the Culver, Ind. college preparatory school, he served as offensive line coach, linebacker coach and defensive coordinator. His 2006 defense yielded less than 14 points per game and the 23 wins during his tenure at Culver are the most victories in a three-year span since 1904.

Kinkade brings a wealth of NCAA Division II experience, serving 11 seasons on the gridiron staff at the University of Indianapolis (1993-2003). His teams posted five winning seasons in his last seven years with the Greyhounds. He served as offensive coordinator and offensive backs coach during his last seasons at UIndy. His 2003 offense averaged 409.6 yards per game which was 30^th in the nation. Kinkade also orchestrated the No. 7 passing offense in the country, averaging 322.6 yards per game.

From 1993-94, he coached the UIndy defensive line and mentored the linebacker corps for the next three seasons. Two of his linebackers earned NCAA II All-America recognition. Ted Liette earned All-America honors in 1998, while Josh Gentry was honored in 1999. Gentry was selected as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Linebacker of the Year, while also being tabbed the most valuable player at the Snow Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game). The 1997 squad posted an 8-3 record and followed with an 8-2 worksheet the following season.

Kinkade coached the UIndy offensive line from 1997-2002. As a position coach, he mentored five All-Conference selections, including the school’s first offensive line honoree Pete Koulianos.

Prior to coming to Indianapolis, he coached four years (1988-1992) at his alma mater Anderson University (Ind.). In 1992 he served as defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach from 1989-91. From 1986-88, he was a varsity assistant football coach at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis.

As a player, he was a three-year starter at Anderson, where he earned All-Conference, All-District and All-America distinction as a linebacker. He led AU to a pair of conference titles and one appearance in the NAIA national playoffs. His teams finished nationally ranked three times, including two final rankings in the NAIA defensive top 10 in rushing defense, total defense and scoring defense. He also earned Academic All-America recognition and was named team captain.

The 1983 Anderson graduate earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with professional preparation in Secondary Education.

He and his wife Susan, have two children; daughter Kelly is in her final year at Taylor University before going on to law school; son Keegan is in his second year at the United States Naval Academy.

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which is comprised of nine colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

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