Football
- Title:
- Defensive Line Coach
- Phone:
- 765-285-8253
- Email:
- kdmckenzie@bsu.edu
- Alma Mater:
- Ball State '96
- Years at Ball State:
- 7th season in 2022
- Years Coaching:
- 15th season in 2022
Experience:
Ball State, Defensive Line Coach, 2016-present
Wayne State, Assistant Coach, 2008-15
Coaching Notes:
In 2021, guided deep defensive line group to combine for 9.5 sacks and 26.0 tackles-for-loss ... helped defense allow just 24.0 points per game in MAC play, good for third-best in the conference ... also helped guide the defense to force 19 turnovers while maintaining a plus-7 turnover margin, which was one of the top marks in college football ... helped coach the 2020 BSU team to the program's first MAC Championship since 1996, its first-ever bowl victory in the Arizona Bowl and its first year-end rankings in the AP and coaches polls ... BSU ranked 31st nationally in rush defense (136.2) in 2020 ... helped defensive end Anthony Winbush earn first team All-MAC honors and team MVP accolades in 2017 after he ranked fourth nationally in sacks (11.5) and equaled McKenzie's Ball State career sacks record (25) … Ball State finished with at least five tackles for loss in eight of 12 games in 2019 … the Cardinals racked up a season-high 10 tackles for loss at No. 8 Notre Dame in 2018 … Ball State ranked second in the MAC in sacks in 2016 (31) … helped defensive end Anthony Winbush earn All-MAC honors again in 2016 after he finished third in the league in sacks (8.5) … the Cardinals racked up eight sacks in the 2016 win over EKU, the team’s most in at least 10 years … served as the linebackers coach at Wayne State from 2009-15 … added special teams coordinator duties at Wayne State in 2014-15 … coached 10 all-conference players at Wayne State, including the 2014 GLIAC Defensive Back of the Year … eight members of the Wayne State linebacker group received Academic All-GLIAC honors in 2015.
Personal Information:
College: Bachelor's - Ball State '96
Additional Notes and Experience:
Played football at Ball State from 1991 to 1995 … shares the program record for career sacks (25) … team captain and All-MAC defensive end as a senior … went on to play in the NFL for eight years with Green Bay, Cleveland, Chicago and Buffalo … was a part of Green Bay's Super Bowl XXXI championship team … recorded 29.5 sacks in 95 NFL games … inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.
