Kenni Burns
Kenni Burns went 1–23 as a head coach, 2023–2024, at Kent State. Share
- Record
- 1–23 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 24, 1983
- Alma mater
- Indiana 2006
- Best season
- 2023 1–11
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kent State | 1–11 | 6th | |||
| 2024 | Kent State | 0–12 | 12th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Conference games | 16 | 0–16 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| At home | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| On the road | 14 | 0–14 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 20 | 0–20 | 0% |
His own 24 games on file, 2023–2024, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Bowling Greenseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Miami (OH)series | 2 | 0–2 |
| Ohioseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Akronseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Ball Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Buffaloseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Eastern Michiganseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Central Connecticutseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Millersville | Running backs coach | |
| 2008–09 | Southern Illinois | Tight ends coach | |
| 2010–13 | North Dakota State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2014–15 | Wyoming | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | Running backs coach | |
| 2017–18 | Minnesota | Running backs coach | |
| 2019–22 | Minnesota | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2023–24 | Kent State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Joe TrainerMillersville
- Craig BohlNorth Dakota State, Wyoming
- P.J. FleckWestern Michigan, Minnesota
Assistants who became head coaches
- David DugganCologne Centurions
- Mark CarneyKent State
- Clay PattersonNortheastern Oklahoma A&M
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Trainer | Millersville | 2007 | Running backs coach | |
| Craig Bohl | North Dakota State | 2010–13 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Craig Bohl | Wyoming | 2014–15 | Wide receivers coach | |
| P.J. Fleck | Western Michigan | 2016 | Running backs coach | |
| P.J. Fleck | Minnesota | 2017–22 | 2017–18: running backs coach; 2019–22: assistant head coach and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Duggan | Kent State, 2023: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Cologne Centurions | |
| Mark Carney | Kent State, 2023: tight ends and inside receivers coach; 2024: offensive coordinator | Kent State | |
| Clay Patterson | Kent State, 2024: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Johnson | Kent State, 2023: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Limegrover | Kent State, 2023: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; 2024: running game coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Kody Morgan | Kent State, 2024: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Burns’s teams went for it on 21% of fourth downs and on 39% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 48% of plays and took 27.2 seconds a play, 2023–2024.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 12 g | 27 of 119 23% | 43% | 46% | 26.8 | −0.15 | |
| 2024 11 g | 19 of 101 19% | 35% | 50% | 27.7 | −0.14 | |
| All 23 g | 46 of 220 21% | 39% | 48% | 27.2 | −0.14 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.