ITHACA, N.Y. – Kent Austin, who spent five years as a successful coach in the Canadian Football League and the last two years as offensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi, has been named The Roger J. Weiss '61 Coach of Cornell Football by Andy Noel, the Meakem*Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education. Austin becomes the 26th head coach in school history and takes over for Jim Knowles '87, who resigned in January to become defensive coordinator at Duke University. Austin was formally introduced to the Cornell community this morning at a press conference in the Hall of Fame Room in Schoellkopf Memorial Hall this morning.
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