Career
He served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1946 to 1963, compiling a record of 92–63–5. His 92 wins are the most of any head coach in the history of the Kent State Golden Flashes football program Rees was also the athletic director at Kent State from 1946 to 1956.
Rees was born on October 22, 1913 in Dover, Ohio.
He died on January 2, 1999 at his home in Naples, Florida.
