An investigation determined that fired Kent State coach Kenni Burns took over $100,000 in loans from a booster who was also a school vendor.
Kent State fired Burns on April 11 after he was placed on administrative leave in late March. The school never gave a public reason for why Burns had been placed on leave or fired.
According to the Akron Beacon Journal, an independent investigation by an outside law firm found that Burns had received six figures in loans from Michael Awad starting in the middle of 2023 after Burns said that his house had flooded and that he was having financial issues because he had not yet sold his house in Minnesota.