Kenny Guiton - Football Coach - Colorado State Athletics

Kenny Guiton

Title:
Assistant Coach -- Wide Receivers
Email:
ramfootball@colostate.edu

Kenny Guiton serves as Colorado State's wide receivers coach, a position he assumed as a part of Steve Addazio's initial coaching staff in January 2020.

Guiton, a two-time captain during his playing days at Ohio State, comes to Colorado State following two seasons coaching wide receivers at Houston (2017-18) and one season with the outside wide receivers at Louisiana Tech (2019) where he developed some of the nation’s top receivers in explosive offenses.

In his lone season at Louisiana Tech, Guiton’s receiving corps was a part of Conference USA’s No. 4 ranked passing offense (268.5) as he developed receivers Adrian Hardy and Malik Stanley into All-Conference USA honorable mention performers. Louisiana Tech, known for operation an offense under head coach Skip Holtz that distributes the ball across the field, was also the only school in Conference USA to have four or more receivers average at least 30 yards per game with three of those receivers, Hardy, Stanley, and Isaiah Graham, coming from Guiton’s outside receivers room.

Louisiana Tech also ranked No. 2 in scoring offense in C-USA in 2019 at 32.5 points per game, a year removed – without Guiton – from averaging just 24.7 points and ranking No. 9. It was also their highest ranking as a scoring offense since 2016.

Prior to his one season in Ruston, Guiton’s two seasons at Houston coincided with explosive offenses yet again. Working alongside head coach Major Applewhite, the 2018 Cougar offense ranked No. 5 nationally in scoring offense at 43.9 points per game and No. 7 nationally in total offense at 512.5 yards per game. That season, the Cougars scored at least 30 points in all 12 regular-season games and eclipsed 40 points in 10 of those matchups.

Guiton developed then-sophomore Marquez Stevenson to All-American Athletic Conference honors when he posted 75 receptions for 1,019 yards and nine touchdowns. Fellow receiver Keith Corbin tallied 40 receptions for 691 yards as the Cougars were one of just two AAC programs (SMU) to have a pair of receivers rank in the Top 10 among AAC players in receiving yards per game.

In 2017, receiver Steven Dunbar earned All-AAC honorable mention honors after putting together a 1,000-yard season for the Cougars and ranking No. 5 in the conference for receiving yards (76 for 1,070).

In 2015, Guiton began his coaching career at Houston as a graduate assistant working under his former offensive coordinator and current Texas head coach Tom Herman. In that role, Guiton helped guide the Cougar wide receivers and quarterbacks. Guiton was part of the staff that led Houston to a 13-1 record in 2015 and a 9-4 mark the next season.

The former Ohio State quarterback enjoyed a four-month stint as a quality control coach for wide receivers at the University of Texas in early 2017 before joining the Houston Cougars for his second stint in April 2017 under then head coach Major Applewhite.

In his time at Houston, Guiton helped lead the Cougars to four straight bowl games, including a win over No. 9 Florida State in the 2015 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl. In the four combined seasons Guiton coached the Houston receivers, the Cougars had a 1,000-yard receiver each year.

As a student-athlete, Guiton spent five years as a member of the Ohio State football program where he served as a team captain for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Guiton saw action in 22 total games as a quarterback for the Buckeyes with two starts in his senior season. In eight appearances for the Buckeyes in 2013, Guiton completed nearly 69 percent of his passes, accounting for 14 passing touchdowns and just two interceptions, while also rushing for five touchdowns.

Following the completion of his Ohio State career, Guiton was invited to Buffalo Bills camp before joining the LA Kiss of the Arena Football League.

Guiton is a 2013 graduate of Ohio State University where he earned his degree in Family Resource Management.