Mark Carney began the season as Kent State's interim head coach, but after beginning the season 3-5 the university has ...

Kent State had planned a national football coaching search, but Mark Carney showed the university enough in his first eight ...

Kent State football removed Mark Carney's interim tag on Oct. 30, making him the Golden Flashes' next head coach.

KENT, Ohio — Mark Carney was named Kent State's football coach Thursday, removing the interim tag he has had since April.

For Mark Carney, the 2025 season has been fruitful. Taking up a perilous 1-23 record from his predecessor, Kenni Burns, the interim head coach led the roster to a 3-5 streak.

Kent State nixed the interim label and made Mark Carney the 24th head coach in the history of the program on Thursday.

Carney was previously elevated to interim head coach in April 2025 following the termination of then-head coach Kenni Burns.

An evident turnaround from the year prior prompted Kent State University's athletic director, Randale L. Richmond, to call Carney into his office this week.

On Thursday morning, the Kent State Golden Flashes announced that they were keeping things in-house, removing the interim tag from Mark Carney, and naming him the new head coach of the team. Carney ...