Career
He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1976 to 2003, compiling a record of 219–57–1 for a winning percentage of.792. He is among the college football coaches with the most wins and the highest winning percentage. Kessinger was the head coach of the first American football team to play in Sweden, and he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
Assistant coaching
Before becoming a head coach, Kessinger worked as an assistant coach at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and the South Dakota Coyotes in Vermillion.
Bethany
Kessinger was head coach at Bethany College Swedes in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1976 until 2003, where he posted a record of 219 wins, 57 losses, and one tie. His teams never posted a losing season during his entire coaching tenure.
Kessinger was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003 as well as the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
