Kansas Wesleyan University

Tycen Gray joined the Kansas Wesleyan football coaching staff in January 2025. He will be working with the running backs and tight ends while also coordinating strength and conditioning and recruiting.

Last year as running backs and tight ends coach, Gray coached two KCAC All-Conference selections in First Team running back D’Heaven Domena and Third Team tight end Mason Ross. The running back room amassed 1,880 yards as a unit with 11 touchdowns, and Domena was third in the country in both total rushing yards and rushing yards per game. In addition to coaching the running backs and tight ends, Gray also served as video coordinator for the 2025 season.

A 2024 graduate of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, he was the starting tight end for the Statesmen during his two years at Delta State. He helped the Statesmen to a Gulf South Conference championship in the 2023 season, amassing five touchdown receptions along the way to a Division II Regional Semifinal appearance.

Prior to his time at Delta State, Gray spent four years at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, as a tight end for the Griffons from 2019 to 2022. He was a starter during the 2021 season and tallied 30 catches and 363 yards in his first two seasons of eligibility in 2021 and 2022.

A native of Farmington, Missouri, Gray was a member of both the MIAA and GSC Academic Honor Rolls all six years of his collegiate football career. Gray holds a bachelor’s degree in social studies education from Delta State and is currently working on his master’s in business administration with an emphasis in sports management at KWU.