Football
- Title:
- Director of Player Personnel
- Email:
- Football@Kent.edu
Trey King joined the Golden Flashes in the summer of 2024 as the Director of Player Personnel.
In this role, King will work with the coaching staff on player and recruiting evaluations throughout the year. Additionally, he oversees Kent State's Pro Day, works with professional scouts, official and unofficial weekend visits and coordinates the annual summer Mega Camp. King also works with high schools throughout the recruiting process, organizes walk-on tryouts and handles the recruiting schedule and compliance.
King comes to Kent State after completing a post-graduate internship with the NCAA in Indianapolis. With the NCAA, King worked as a site representative for several NCAA championships and served as the Program Manager for the 2024 Elite Athlete Symposium for Football.
Prior to working with the NCAA, King worked with the Dream Bowl as the Director of Player Personnel and Operations. With the Dream Bowl, King served as an area scout, helped put together Dream Bowl rosters and worked with professional scouts with personnel coordination and combine measurements. He also worked with the Big 10 as a team operations member for the 2023 Big 10 Football Championship.
The Centerville, Ohio native played for four season with the Duquesne Dukes in Pittsburgh. King was a three-time member of the Northeast Conference Honor Roll and saw action in 35 games at wide receiver and special teams. He was a member of the Dukes' 2018 NEC championship team and when the Dukes became the first NEC team to knock off a FBS opponent in 2021, taking down the Ohio Bobcats. King graduated from Duquesne in 2022 with a degree in Finance with a Sports Management minor.
He can be found on Twitter (X) @TreyKingDPP
