Pat Kennedy College coach

For the basketball referee, see Matthew "Pat" KennedyPat Kennedy is an American college basketball coach, currently coaching at Pace University. He was previously the men's basketball coach at Towson University, Iona College, Florida State University, DePaul University, and the University of Montana.Kennedy is a native of Keyport, New Jersey, and attended Red Bank Catholic High School. He is a 1975 graduate of King's College. After college, he became an assistant coach to Jim Valvano at Iona. In 1979 when Valvano left for North Carolina State University, Kennedy took the head job at Iona at the age of 27. In six years, he led the Gaels to two NIT and two NCAA tournament appearances. He compiled a 124–60 record while at Iona.After Iona, Kennedy went to Florida State. He would spend 11 years in Tallahassee, leading the Seminoles to 2 NIT and 5 NCAA tournament appearances including a Sweet Sixteen and Elite 8 appearances. During his tenure at FSU, he won 202 games and lost 131. During the Seminoles first year in the ACC, he was the ACC Coach of the Year in 1992 and led FSU to back to back 2nd place finishes in the ACC.He was appointed to succeed Joey Meyer as head coach at DePaul on June 12, 1997. The Blue Demons had won 5 games in the final Meyer season. In 2000, Kennedy led the Blue Demons to their first NCAA appearance in eight years. Kennedy was one of the youngest coaches to ever take three programs to the NCAA tournament. While in Chicago, Kennedy compiled the number one recruiting class in the country and took the team to the NIT and NCAA in his second and third season. DePaul was the first program to lose five underclassmen in a two year period to the NBA in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, Kennedy left DePaul to coach Montana. While at Montana, Kennedy served as the President of the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches). His two year record with the Grizzlies was 23–25 before he left to take the head coaching job at Towson University in 2004. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Kennedy retired as Towson's head coach after 31 consecutive years as a D-1 head coach.On May 7, 2013 Kennedy accepted the head coaching job at Pace, a Division II school who competes in the Northeast-10 Conference.

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Pat Kennedy
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1952
Birth place
Keyport New Jersey , United States

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Iona College (New York)
DePaul University
Towson University
Florida State University
Pace University
University of Montana

Pat Kennedy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://paceuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=6&path=mbball