Sean Lewis is an NCAA Men’s Football head coach at Kent State University. Lewis became Kent State University's 22nd head football coach on Dec. 21, 2017. Lewis also works with the Golden Flashes' quarterbacks. He is entering his third season as head coach in the FBS.
In just his second season, Lewis orchestrated one of the best turnarounds in college football. Kent State’s five-win improvement to 7-6 was tied for eighth-best in the FBS in 2019. Capping the turnaround was a 51-41 victory in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl. It was the first bowl win in school history and the fourth bowl in program history and first since 2012. Kent State went 5-3 in Mid-American Conference play, the five wins in conference play were the most since that magical 2012 season.
Lewis brought an extensive coaching résumé to Kent State and has been one of the fastest-rising coaches in the nation over the last decade. He came to the Golden Flashes after serving as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Dino Babers at Syracuse. Lewis’ background stretches from his four-year playing career at the University of Wisconsin under Barry Alvarez, to winning the 2015 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship as the co-offensive coordinator at Bowling Green.
