{
  "id": 3872270,
  "title": "Former Woodland standout Tanner Kingsley joins MIT football staff as offensive coordinator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/former-woodland-standout-tanner-kingsley-joins-mit-football-staff-as",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T02:42:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-woodland-standout-tanner-kingsley-024238791.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tanner Kingsley, a former standout quarterback at Woodland Regional, has transitioned to the coaching ranks with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology football team. Kingsley served as the head coach at Anna Maria College from 2021 to 2025, but the college closed indefinitely at the end of the spring 2026 semester. Kingsley, a highly accomplished high school quarterback in Connecticut, expressed his gratitude for the relationships he built over his five-year tenure at Anna Maria College and his passion for coaching. He now takes on the roles of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for MIT, with day one of camp scheduled for the following day.",
  "summary": "Kingsley led Anna Maria to a 7-3 season and conference title as a first-year head coach last fall before the school closed this spring.",
  "key_points": [
    "Tanner Kingsley, former Woodland standout, joins MIT staff",
    "Kingsley coached at Anna Maria College 2021-2025",
    "Takes offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach roles"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Kingsley's hiring as MIT's offensive coordinator marks a new chapter in his coaching career after his previous role at Anna Maria College ended due to the college's closure.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Virginia Tech football: Former 4-star DB Chris Tangelo transfers to Hokies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/virginia-tech-football-former-4-star-db-chris-tangelo-transfers-to",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:31:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}