Football
- Title:
- Head Football Sports Performance Coach
- Email:
- jsobol1@kent.edu
- Phone:
- 330-672-8430
Jeff Sobol joined Kent State in January of 2018 as head football sports performance coach. Sobol spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons alongside several current Kent State staff members at Syracuse, serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach.
After the Flashes went 3-1 in a shortened 2020 season, Sobol was part of another historic season for the Flashes in 2021. The team set records for total offense and passing yards en route to a MAC Championship appearance and a berth in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
Sobol was part of the Flashes' historic 2019 season in which they picked up a 51-41 win in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl. It was the first bowl win in Kent State history.
Prior to Syracuse, Sobol also worked with current Flashes’ head coach Sean Lewis at Bowling Green. In addition to football, he worked with the Falcon baseball and softball teams.
“Our players loved Jeff's workouts this offseason and enjoy the structure he has established," Lewis said of the 2018 offseason. "I've been around him for six seasons and he has a very specific way for athletes to be trained so they will be ready for the type of system we run. Right now, he's laying the foundation for the physical and mental aspects of what our players will face throughout the season."
A three-year starting defensive lineman at Eastern Illinois, Sobol transitioned into the sports performance field at his alma mater. He was a graduate assistant, working closely with the Panther football team.
Earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Eastern Illinois, Sobol also played three seasons in the Arena Football League.
