Centre College Athletics

Kenyon Blue joined the Centre football staff in the spring of 2016 as defensive backs coach.

Blue came to Centre after two years as a graduate assistant at the University of Cincinnati, where he was the assistant defensive backs coach. Blue also has Division I graduate assistant at two other schools. He served as an assistant running backs coach at the University of Washington during the 2013 season that saw the Huskies reach the Kraft Fight Hunger bowl.

Blue was also an assistant coach for defensive backs, defensive linemen and wide receivers at Purdue University in 2012, a year in which the Boilermakers made the Heart of Dallas Bowl.

A native of San Diego, Blue was responsible for recruiting his home state of California during his graduate assistant stints at both Purdue and Washington.

Blue also has FCS coaching experience, serving as defensive backs coach at Western Carolina University as well as his alma mater, Idaho State University. As a player at Idaho State, Blue was named First Team All-Big Sky and earned his team's Special Teams Player of the Year award.