Rob Senderoff

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Kent State Golden Flashes
Current conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Kent State record: 264-164 (.617)
Overall record: 264-164 (.617)

Robert Andrew Senderoff
Born July 25, 1973
Hometown: Spring Valley, New York
Alma Mater: University of Albany (BS, 1995) / Miami University (MS, 1997)
Raised in a Jewish household in Spring Valley, New York, a village about 22 miles north of New York City
Was a student assistant during his undergrad years at Albany for head coach Richard “Doc” Sauers
Served as a graduate assistant while getting his masters at Miami (OH) under head coaches Herb Sendek and Charlie Coles
Spent 14 years as an assistant, with stints working for Nick Macarchuk, James Jones, Michael Hunt, Jim Christian, Kelvin Sampson and Geno Ford
- Resigned from Indiana in 2008 as a result of a recruiting scandal; while he received a 30-month show-cause penalty from the NCAA he was hired in April 2008 to return to Kent State as associate HC
Took over for Ford as Kent State head coach in 2011, leading the Flashes to three CIT appearances in his first four seasons and a share of the 2015 MAC regular season title
- Went to the 2017 NCAA Tournament after winning the MAC Tournament, the school’s first NCAA bid in nearly a decade
- Has won 20+ games in eight of the twelve seasons he’s been at the helm, with an overall record of 247-147
- Returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2023 after leading the Golden Flashes to another MAC Tournament title