Sean Lewis’ first staff at Kent State will come armed with a famous coaching surname.
The football program announced Monday that Lewis has hired a total of six new assistants. One of the coaching sextet is Mackey MacPherson, the grandson of former Syracuse head coach Dick MacPherson.
The younger MacPherson will coach the Golden Flashes running backs after spending the past two seasons as an offensive graduate assistant with the Orange. Both Lewis and MacPherson were on Dino Babers’ staff at the ‘Cuse.
The other full-time assistant hired by Lewis are as follows:
Zac Barton -- special teams coordinator
Brian Cochran -- defensive line
Jon Cooley -- safeties coach
Matt Middleton -- wide receivers coach
Bill O’Boyle -- offensive line
Nearly two weeks ago, Lewis announced the hiring of his coordinators on both sides of the ball.