Famous Athletic Kent State Alumni

Famous Athletic Kent State Alumni

Sport Name Notability
Baseball Emmanuel Burriss Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a second baseman
Baseball Chris Carpenter Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
Baseball Dain Clay Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
Baseball Matt Guerrier Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher
Baseball Mike Gulan Former professional baseball in Major League Baseball as a third-baseman
Baseball Dirk Hayhurst Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball, currently for the Toronto Blue Jays as a pitcher
Baseball Dustin Hermanson Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher[14]
Baseball Eric Lauer Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
Baseball Gene Michael Professional baseball player, manager, and scout in Major League Baseball
Baseball Travis Miller Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher
Baseball Thurman Munson Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees, Rookie of the Year, and MVP winner
Baseball Rich Rollins Former professional baseball third-baseman in Major League Baseball 1961-1970
Baseball Justine Siegal First female coach in Major League Baseball
Baseball Andy Sonnanstine Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher
Baseball Steve Stone Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher, winner of the Cy Young Award, sportscaster
Baseball Scott Stricklin Professional baseball player, head coach for the Kent State baseball team from 2005–2013
Baseball Larry Sudbrook College baseball coach at St. Bonaventure
Baseball Jeff Tabaka Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher, 1994-2001
Baseball John Van Benschoten Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher
Basketball John Edwards Professional basketball player in the NBA and NBDL
Basketball Al Fisher 2008 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Basketball Joe McKeown Women's college basketball coach
Basketball Dan Peters College basketball head and assistant coach
Basketball Nate Reinking Professional basketball player in the British Basketball League, 1996–2012; member of the Great Britain national basketball team from 2005–12
Basketball Jim Zoet Professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association, 1982-1983
Football Willie Asbury Professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League1966-1968
Football Eugene Baker Professional football player in the National Football League
Football Joe Barbee Professional football player in the American Football League
Football Brian Bell Professional football player in the National Football League
Football Cedric Brown Professional football player in the National Football League 1976-1984
Football Jim Corrigall Professional football player in the Canadian Football League as a defensive end, member of Canadian Football Hall of Fame, former KSU head football coach
Football Joshua Cribbs Professional football player in the NFL
Football Jose Davis Professional football player in the NFL and the Arena Football League
Football Julian Edelman Professional football player in the NFL
Football Abram Elam Professional football player in the NFL
Football Colin Ferrell Professional football player in the NFL
Football Antonio Gates Professional football player in the NFL as a tight end
Football Dan Goodspeed Professional football player in the NFL, XFL, and Canadian Football League
Football Bob Hallen Former professional football player in the NFL[45]
Football James Harrison Professional football player in the NFL as a linebacker
Football Keno Hills Professional football player in the NFL
Football Lou Holtz College football coach, television sportscaster
Football Van Jakes Professional football player in the NFL
Football Jack Lambert Professional football player in the NFL as a linebacker and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Football Jack Lengyel College football coach and college athletics administrator; coached the Marshall Thundering Herd football program following the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932 in 1970 that killed nearly the entire team
Football Ben McDaniels Assistant coach in the NFL
Football Mike "Scooter" McGruder Professional football player in the NFL, 1989-1997
Football Jay McNeil Former professional football player in the CFL, 1994-2007
Football Tony Martino Professional football player in the CFL, 1988-2002
Football John Matsko Coach in the National Football League
Football Pete Mikolajewski Professional football player in the AFL
Football Daniel Muir Professional football player in the NFL
Football Rico Murray Professional football player in the NFL
Football Don Nehlen Former head football coach at Bowling Green State University and West Virginia University; member of College Football Hall of Fame
Football Don Nottingham Professional football player in the NFL
Football Luke Owens Professional football player in the NFL, 1957-1965
Football Augustus Parrish Professional football player in the NFL
Football Gary Pinkel Head football coach at the University of Missouri
Football Nick Saban College football and NFL head coach
Football Abdul Salaam (Larry Faulk) Professional football player in the NFL, 1976-1983
Football O. J. Santiago Professional football player in the NFL
Football Wayne Shaw Professional football player in the CFL
Football Timothy Starks Professional football player in the NFL
Football Ken Walter Professional football player in the NFL, 1997-2006
Football Paul Warfield Professional football player in the NFL and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Football Henry Waszczuk Professional football player in the CFL, 1975-1984
Football Bert Weidner Professional football player in the NFL, 1990-1995
Football Eric Wilkerson Professional football player
Football Jack Williams Professional football player in the NFL
Football Brian Winters Professional football player in the NFL
Football Usama Young Professional football player in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns
Football Steve Zahursky Professional football player in the NFL, 1998-2001
Golf Ben Curtis Professional golfer, 2003 British Open champion
Golf Bryan DeCorso Canadian professional golfer
Golf Jan Dowling Head women's golf coach at the University of Florida, former Canadian professional golfer
Golf Mackenzie Hughes Professional golfer in the PGA Tour
Golf Jon Mills Canadian professional golfer
Golf Ryan Yip Canadian professional golfer
Gymnastics Betty-Jean Maycock U.S. Olympian gymnast in 1960
Ice Hockey Dean Sylvester Professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League 1995-2001
Olympics, Football Gerald Tinker Member of gold-medal 4 x 100 meter relay team in 1972 Summer Olympics; professional football player in the NFL, 1974-1975
Softball Emma Johnson National Pro Fastpitch pitcher
Track and Field Thomas Jefferson Bronze medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics[55]
Women's Basketball Brenda Frese Head coach for the Maryland Terrapins women's basketball program