Cornell football head coach Kent Austin released a statement Tuesday night saying that he will not pursue any other head coaching opportunities, including one in the Canadian Football League.

With less than three weeks until his team’s homecoming matchup against Bucknell, second-year head coach Kent Austin sat down with Sun Sports Editor Evan Rich to offer some insight on the upcoming season.

With less than three weeks until his team’s homecoming matchup against Bucknell, second-year head coach Kent Austin sat down with Sun Sports Editor Evan Rich to offer some insight on the upcoming season. 

The Cornell football team will play its first game under new head coach Kent Austin tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Staten Island, N.Y., against Wagner. 

The football team hopes for decisive victories throughout its 2010 schedule. 

After a long day of sitting in the sun and tweeting away while the football team continued making its preparations for the upcoming season, Sun Assistant Sports Editor Evan Rich had a few minutes to catch up with head coach Kent Austin and discuss what he's seen from his team so far, and the plan moving forward.

The University hired Kent Austin to replace Jim Knowles '87 as the new football coach.

Kent Austin will be Cornell’s 26th football coach, the Athletics Department confirmed yesterday, replacing Jim Knowles ’87 as the Roger J. Weiss ’61 Head Coach of Football.

Austin was offensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi for the past two seasons, the same school at which Knowles was defensive coordinator before coming to Cornell.

Kent Austin will be Cornell's 26th football coach, the Athletics Department confirmed today, replacing Jim Knowles '87 as the Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Football.