Jen Kent has completed 18 seasons as an assistant coach at Boston College, working with Acacia Walker-Weinstein since the 2011 season when both were assistant coaches at the school. She was promoted to associate head coach following the 2022 season. Boston College played in seven straight NCAA championship games from 2017 to 2024, winning the title in 2021 and 2024. Kent has also coached at the high school level, winning state championships in lacrosse in Maine (1995, Hyde School) and Massachusetts (2005 & 2006, Norwell High School).
As a player, Kent played soccer, basketball and lacrosse at Colby. In lacrosse, she was a two-year captain, MVP and leading scorer while earning second team All-America honors as a senior in 1990.