Kermit Blount

Who is Kermit Blount?

Kermit Blount is the head football coach at Delaware State University, in Dover, Delaware, and is the former head football coach at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from 1993 through 2009. He is an Winston-Salem State alumnus who played quarterback for the Rams from 1976 to 1980, and was a teammate of NFL player Timmy Newsome. During his tenure, the Division II Winston-Salem State Rams won 2 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football conference titles in 1999 and 2000. Blount's teams also appeared in the post-season Pioneer Bowl in 1999 and 2000. He compiled a record of 91–87–3, making him currently the winningest coach in the history of the Winston-Salem State University Ram football program.

He was responsible to helping former Ram football players such as Richard Huntley, Oronde Gadsden, Tory Woodbury, and William Hayes reach the NFL as either late round draft picks or free agents. Out of this group of players, Hayes is the only one currently playing in the NFL for the St. Louis Rams.

After resigning as Head Coach after the 2009 season, Blount is was working as a Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at WSSU.