Brian Kennedy (basketball)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | NJIT |
| Conference | America East |
| Record | 71–89 (.444) |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1986 | Princeton |
| 1988–1990 | Monmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–2002 | DePaul (assistant) |
| 2009–2016 | NJIT (assistant) |
| 2016–present | NJIT |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 71–89 (.444) |
Brian Kennedy is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team.[1]
Playing career[]
Kennedy grew up in Rumson, New Jersey and attended Christian Brothers Academy.[2] In college, Kennedy his playing career with Princeton before transferring and completing his college career at Monmouth.[3][4]
Coaching career[]
Upon graduation, Kennedy took over his family's basketball business, The Hoop Group, one of the largest instructional basketball camps in the United States. He stayed in that role until 1997 when he joined the staff at DePaul as an assistant until 2002. From 2002 to 2009, Kennedy left coaching and worked in the financial sector.
Kennedy returned to coaching in 2009 as an assistant at NJIT under Jim Engles, and upon Engles departure to Columbia, Kennedy was elevated to the head coach.
Personal life[]
Kennedy's uncle is Pat Kennedy the former head coach at Iona, Florida State, DePaul, Montana and Towson. Kennedy served as an assistant on his uncle's staff at DePaul.
Head coaching record[]
NCAA DI[]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJIT (Atlantic Sun) (2016–2020) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | NJIT | 11–20 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2017–18 | NJIT | 14–16 | 7–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 2018–19 | NJIT | 22–13 | 8–8 | 5th | CIT Second Round | ||||
| 2019–20 | NJIT | 9–21 | 6–10 | 8th | |||||
| NJIT (America East) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | NJIT | 7–12 | 6–10 | 8th | |||||
| 2021–22 | NJIT | 8–10 | 3–5 | ||||||
| NJIT: | 71–92 (.436) | 33–51 (.393) | |||||||
| Total: | 71–92 (.436) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[]
- ^ "New Jersey Institute of Technology - Staff Directory".
- ^ Newman, Josh. "How did CBA grad wind up as NJIT's new head coach?", Asbury Park Press, April 15, 2016. Accessed April 9, 2017. "The road to Christian Brothers Academy and Monmouth University graduate Brian Kennedy being introduced as the 11th head coach in NJIT history on Friday morning began at 12:37 p.m. April 1.... "We're not naive, we knew it was happening, but it got out," Kaplan told Gannett New Jersey Friday after Kennedy, a Rumson native and Monmouth captain in 1990, was introduced."
- ^ "Brian Kennedy College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
- ^ "Brian Kennedy College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
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