Kennesaw State University
Public university in Cobb County
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| 2024 | Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team begins their first season as members of Conference USA under second-year head coach Antoine Pettway. |
| 2024 | Kennesaw State completes its move to Conference USA, with all sports except women's lacrosse now sponsored by the conference. |
| 2023 | Travis Bell became the first Kennesaw State player to be drafted into the NFL when he was selected in the seventh round, 218th overall, in the 2023 NFL draft. |
| 2023 | Amir Abdur-Rahim led Kennesaw State to win the ASUN Conference tournament and secure a 14 seed in the NCAA tournament. |
| July 2023 | Kennesaw State begins its transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and prepares to move to Conference USA. |
| 2022 | Kennesaw State University became one of the initial six members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) FCS football league. |
| 2022 | The football program initiated its transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). |
| 2022 | Kennesaw State Owls won their second ASUN Conference Championship. |
| 2021 | The Kennesaw State Owls football team secured their conference championship with an impressive 11-2 overall record and a perfect 7-0 conference record. |
| 2021 | Kennesaw State Owls football team loses second round playoff game to East Tennessee State with a score of 31-32. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, the team competes with a shortened season, recording 7 wins and 12 losses for a .368 winning percentage. |
| March 12 2020 | Baseball season canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. |
| 2019 | Kennesaw State Owls football team loses second round playoff game to Weber State with a score of 20-26. |
| 2019 | Kennesaw State Owls football team wins first round playoff game against Wofford with a score of 28-21. |
| 2019 | Completed a successful season with an 11-3 record, establishing themselves as the winningest startup football program through their first five years of play, with a total record of 48-15. |
| February 21 2019 | Al Skinner announced his resignation from Kennesaw State, effective at the end of the season. |
| 2018 | Kennesaw State Owls football team loses quarterfinals playoff game to South Dakota State with a score of 17-27. |
| 2018 | Kennesaw State Owls football team achieved another successful season with an 11-2 overall record and a perfect 5-0 conference record. |
| 2018 | Played a memorable five-overtime shootout against Jacksonville State at SunTrust Park, winning 60-52 in what is now regarded as the most exciting game in school history. |
| 2018 | Kennesaw State opened the season ranked fifth in both polls, the highest in program history. |
| 2018 | The Owls won their second consecutive Big South Championship, going 5-0 in conference play. They achieved an 11-game winning streak, reached the #2 ranking in FCS polls, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs before losing to South Dakota State. |
| 2017 | Kennesaw State Owls football team loses quarterfinals playoff game to Sam Houston State with a score of 27-34. |
| 2017 | In their fourth year of existence, the Owls won the Big South Championship with a 5-0 conference record and made their first FCS playoff appearance, defeating Samford and upsetting third-ranked Jacksonville State before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. |
| 2015 | Kennesaw State football program began playing games, winning its first game 56-16 against East Tennessee State and finishing the season with a 6-5 record. |
| April 26 2015 | Kennesaw State hired Al Skinner as their sixth head coach, a former National Coach of the Year and Boston College head coach. |
| 2014 | Kennesaw State Owls became ASUN Conference Champions for the first time. |
| 2014 | Max Pentecost wins the Johnny Bench Award as the best catcher in NCAA Division I. |
| 2014 | Best season in program history: Won first A-Sun Championship by defeating Lipscomb 7-1. Advanced to NCAA Regional and won in Tallahassee. Progressed to Super Regional but lost to Louisville in two games. |
| 2014 | The team experiences a significant improvement, achieving a .567 winning percentage with 17 wins and 13 losses. |
| March 2014 | Jimmy Lallathin was promoted to permanent head coach after going 10-22 in his interim season. |
| January 2014 | Lewis Preston took a leave of absence for personal and medical reasons, with Jimmy Lallathin serving as interim head coach for the remainder of the 2013-14 season. |
| 2013 | Kennesaw State University President Daniel S. Papp and Athletics Director Vaughn Williams officially announce the addition of women's lacrosse as the university's 17th NCAA Division I championship sport. |
| 2013 | Women's lacrosse program begins intercollegiate competition in the Atlantic Sun Conference, which is sponsoring the sport for the first time. |
| 2013 | Reached the Atlantic Sun Championship, where they were defeated by East Tennessee State 7-2. |
| 2012 | Most successful postseason campaign in Division I, reaching the A-Sun Championship game against Belmont, ultimately losing 10-4. |
| 2011 | Andy Eggerth was named A-Sun Coach of the Year. |
| 2011 | Significant victory against No. 8 Georgia Tech at Stillwell Stadium, played in front of 1,142 fans. |
| 2011 | Hosted the NCAA Women's College Cup at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. |
| 2011 | Kennesaw State men's golf team competed in the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic during their fall season, finishing in 12th place. |
| April 20 2011 | Lewis Preston was named as the Owls' new men's basketball Head Coach by Kennesaw State University officials. |
| 2010 | Kennesaw State Owls volleyball team won nine out of ten Atlantic Sun Conference matches, finished second in the A-Sun conference, and had four student-athletes receive All-Conference Honors. Head Coach Karen Weatherington was named A-Sun Coach of the Year. |
| 2010 | Andy Eggerth, formerly an assistant at Kansas State, was named the new head coach of Kennesaw State Track and Field. |
| 2010 | Men's cross country team advanced to the NCAA South Regional for the second consecutive year, finishing ninth. |
| 2010 | Kennesaw State men's track team won the Indoor & Outdoor Conference Championships for the second time. |
| September 2010 | Cross Country team was featured in an article in Running Times magazine. |
| September 15 2010 | KSU President Daniel Papp and Vince Dooley announced plans to launch a football program at the FCS level in 2014, with home games to be played at KSU Soccer Stadium. |
| May 2 2010 | Opened new home stadium, Fifth Third Bank Stadium, through a public-private partnership with the Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer. |
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