Education Background

M.S., US Sports Academy
B.S., Presbyterian College

About Mr. Haltiwanger

Kent Haltiwanger is in his fifth season on the PC football staff but second year as a full-time assistant coach responsible for tight ends.  He has been a football analyst, working with the offense, the last three seasons.

In 2019 had two tight ends as Joe Christian recorded three catches for 15 yards in first four games of the 2019 season while Nathan Lovette had four catches for 13 yards. On the special teams side, Parker Maddrey tied the Blue Hose DI single-season record for field goals with seven on the year.

In 2018 he helped coach the tight ends for the first time at PC and had Riley Hilton play in the first three games and record eight catches for 35 yards and a touchdown before having a season ending injury. Haltiwanger also assisted with the special teams primarily working with the kickers and punters during the 2018 season.

Haltiwanger served as head coach at Wade Hampton High School for 10 seasons, posting a record of 50-63, matching Bill Phillips as the Generals’ winningest coach.  He led the Generals to five winning seasons in 10 years.  Only nine teams had made the playoffs previously, and seven of his 10 teams reached the postseason.

Wade Hampton moved up to Class AAAA in 2012 and reached the playoffs in its first two seasons in the new classification. In 2012, the Generals defeated traditional powers Gaffney and Spartanburg.

A three-time region coach of the year, Haltiwanger led Wade Hampton to a 9-3 record in 2011, including a 5-0 mark in the Peach Blossom AAA Region. The Generals won the region that year, the school’s second region title in football in its history and its first since 1968.

Prior to his stint at Wade Hampton, Haltiwanger was an assistant football coach and head track coach at Hilton Head from 2004-2005.  From 2000-2004, Haltiwanger was an assistant football coach and head baseball coach at Clover High School.  He was also at Newbery High School from 1988 to 2000.

Haltiwanger graduated from Presbyterian College in 1987 with a degree in History.  He played football all four years, under both Elliott Poss and Cally Gault, and was starting center for the 1987 NAIA Quarterfinal championship team.   He also played baseball for two seasons.

He earned a Master’s Degree in Sport Science Administration from the US Sports Academy in 2001.

Haltiwanger is married to the former Tracy Yarborough of Lexington, S.C.  They have two children, Kelly (24), who works for Deloitte in Philadelphia, and Rachel (21), who is a junior at the University of South Carolina.