Kent Rogers (American football)

Kent Rogers
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968Rossville HS (KS) (assistant)
1969–1974Nemaha Valley HS (KS)
1975–1978Hesston HS (KS)
1979–1994Bethel (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall69–80–1 (college)
60–34 (high school)
Tournaments0–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 KCAC (1984)

Kent E. Rogers is a former American football coach. He was the head football coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, serving for 19 seasons, from 1979 to 1994, and compiling a record of 69–80–1.[1]

Rogers attended Fairview High School in Fairview, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia—now Emporia State University—in 1968 with a degree in physicals education and mathematics. He began his coaching career that year at Rossville High School in Rossville, Kansas, where he was an assistant coach in football, basketball, and track. In 1969, he was hired as the head football coach at Nemaha Valley High School in Seneca, Kansas.[2][3] Rogers led his teams at Nemaha Valley to a record of 40–17 in six seasons. In 1975, he moved on to Hesston High School Hesston, Kansas, guiding his teams to a mark of 20–17 in four seasons.[4]

Rogers earned a master's degree from Wichita State University.[5]

Honors

Rogers was selected to work with the Kansas Shrine Bowl all-star game as an assistant coach in 1974 and head coach of the East team in 1975. In 2009, he was named to the Kansas Shrine Bowl Hall of Fame.

While at Bethel, Rogers was named the conference coach of the year six times and was president of the NAIA football coaches association in 1992 and 1993.[5] He was named All-District 10 coach of the year in 1984[6] In 2003, Bethel College named him to their Athletic Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Bethel Threshers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1979–1994)
1979 Bethel 3–6 3–5 T–5th
1980 Bethel 3–5–1 3–4–1 5th
1981 Bethel 1–8 1–7 9th
1982 Bethel 3–6 3–6 8th
1983 Bethel 6–3 6–3 4th
1984 Bethel 9–1 9–0 1st L NAIA Division II First Round
1985 Bethel 7–2 7–2 T–2nd
1986 Bethel 7–2 7–2 T–2nd
1987 Bethel 3–6 3–6 T–6th
1988 Bethel 5–5 5–4 T–4th
1989 Bethel 5–5 4–5 T–5th
1990 Bethel 3–7 2–7 T–7th
1991 Bethel 4–6 3–6 T–6th
1992 Bethel 3–6 2–6 T–7th
1993 Bethel 3–6 3–5 T–6th
1994 Bethel 4–6 3–5 6th
Bethel: 69–80–1 64–73–1
Total: 69–80–1

References

  1. ^ "Bethel College Coaching Results". Bethel College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Untitled". Fairview Enterprise. Fairview, Kansas. February 20, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Kent Rogers Named To Coaching Staff". Fairview Enterprise. Fairview, Kansas. May 23, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "New grid coach for bethel College". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. April 22, 1979. p. 30. Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ a b "Rogers named to Shrine Bowl hall". The Newton Kansan. January 22, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  6. ^ "Seven Baker Gridders make all-district team". Lawrence Journal-World. November 21, 1984. Retrieved August 1, 2013.


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