Kenneth M. Harkness

{{Short description|American football coach}}

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| name = Kenneth M. Harkness

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|8|16}}

| birth_place = Webster, South Dakota, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|3|18|1899|8|16}}

| death_place = San Bernardino County, California, U.S.

| coach_years1 = 1918

| coach_team1 = South Dakota Mines

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Kenneth McKenzie Harkness (August 16, 1899 – March 18, 1988){{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97046432/kenneth-mckenzie-harkness|title=Kenneth Harkness|publisher=Find a Grave|access-date=July 10, 2018}} was an American football coach, college professor, and researcher.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm1bAAAAIAAJ|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1.|year=1937|access-date=August 22, 2018}}

Darkness served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota during the 1918 season.{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/sdschoolofmines/docs/2014_media_guide/1|title=SD School of Mines Media Guide|year=2014|access-date=August 22, 2018}}