Football
- Title:
- Cornerbacks Coach
- Email:
- football@kent.edu
Spencer Rymiszewski was named cornerbacks coach in February of 2024.
Rymiszewski joins Kent State after spending the 2023 season with the Wisconsin Badgers as a Special Teams and Defensive Analyst, working directly with the specialists and nickel backs while assisting with the Badgers’ entire defensive backfield.
Prior to Wisconsin, Rymiszewski spent two seasons (2021–22) with the New York Giants, assisting with the defensive backs. During his time in New York, he worked with defensive backs including Darnay Holmes, Xavier McKinney, Adoree’ Jackson, Cor’Dale Flott, Logan Ryan and Jabrill Peppers.
Rymiszewski began his coaching career in 2020 with the Cincinnati Bearcats as a defensive backs graduate assistant under Luke Fickell. The Bearcats finished 9–1 that season, winning the American Athletic Conference and earning a New Year’s Six berth in the Peach Bowl. While at Cincinnati, he coached First Team All-AAC cornerbacks and 2022 NFL Draft selections Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner of the New York Jets and Coby Bryant of the Seattle Seahawks.
As a player, Rymiszewski was a four-year starter at cornerback for the Yale Bulldogs. A two-time First Team All-Ivy selection, he served as the Bulldogs’ sole team captain in 2017 and helped lead Yale to its first outright Ivy League Championship in 37 years.
