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Richard Kent
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|29}}
| birth_place = [[Asheville, North Carolina]]
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'''Richard Kent''' Is an American Football Coach with recent history as the [[Defensive backs coach]] for the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. He is a former [[college football]] player and coach with extensive coaching and scouting experience in [[NFL Europe]], the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] and the [[United Football League (2009–2012)|United Football League]].


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Richard Kent has coached for 16 seasons in the collegiate ranks of American football. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Appalachian State University]] and Master's degree from [[Clemson University]]. Kent's college teams achieved two FBS Bowl games, five national playoff appearances, five conference championships and an undefeated season. From 1991-2000 his teams recorded a record of 88-25-1. Kent has since coached in Professional Football for [[NFL Europe]], the [[Canadian Football L(contracted; show full)
*[[Texas Southern University]] (1995; Special Teams Coordinator / Assistant Secondary Coach)
*[[Catawba College]] (1995–2000; Assistant Head Coach/ Defensive Coordinator/ Secondary Coach)

While at Clemson, the [[Clemson Tigers]] played in two Bowl games, winning the [[ACC Championship Game]] and the [[1986 Gator Bowl]]. 

Notable current NFL players Kent has coached include; [[Brent Grimes]], [[Andrew Adams (American football)|Andrew Adams]], [[Michael Wilhoite]], [[Matt Overton]] and [[Kyle Nelson]].

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From 1999-2007, Kent coached in [[NFL Europe]] where he served with the [[Scottish Claymores]] for three years (1999–2001) as Secondary Coach and Special Teams Coordinator (2001), He was also Secondary Coach for the [[Berlin Thunder]] (2002–2003), [[Cologne Centurions]] (2004) and [[Amsterdam Admirals]] (2005–2007). The 2007 season marked Kent's second campaign as Amsterdam's [[Defensive Coordinator]]. While in Amsterdam Kent also served as Player Personnel Director & Special Teams Coordinator. In addition to coaching, Kent worked with NFLE Director of International Player & Game Development Tony Allen in scouting and developing NFL prospects from around the world. Kent helped lead Scotland (2000), Berlin (2002) and Amsterdam (2005-06) to the [[World Bowl]] game, winning the Championship in 2002 & 2005. During the Berlin and Amsterdam [[World Bowl]] winning seasons, their defenses led NFLE in takeaways and interceptions.

Notable NFL players Kent coached in NFLE include; [[Dante Hall]], [[Brent Grimes]], [[Atari Bigby]], [[Duane Hawthorne]], [[B.J. Tucker]], [[Jeremy Cain]], [[Glen Pakulak]] and [[Earl Cochran]].

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On January 27, 2009, Kent was announced as the Secondary Coach for the [[Toronto Argonauts]] rejoining former Admirals head coach [[Bart Andrus]], who had been recently hired as the new head coach for Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=1223299|title=Argos add Kent as secondary coach|date=2009-01-27|publisher=Canwest News Service|accessdate=2009-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cfl.ca/article/kent-joins-boatmen-as-secondary-coach|titl(contracted; show full)[[Category:Amsterdam Admirals coaches]]
[[Category:Berlin Thunder coaches]]
[[Category:Scottish Claymores coaches]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Asheville, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Players of American football from North Carolina]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Omaha Nighthawks coaches]]
[[Category:Grey Cup champions]]