Skip Kenney

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Allen "Skip" Kenney is an American college swimming and diving coach, currently coaching at Stanford University as the head coach of its swimming team. He coached teams to conference titles 26 years in a row, an American college record. He broke the Pac-10 Conference record for consecutive titles for any sport with his 14 titles. The Pacific 10 conference named Kenney Pac-10 Coach of the Year 17 times in the span of 23 years.

Kenney has also coached on the international circuit. He was appointed the men's coach for the U.S. team at the 2004 Short Course World Championships. He served as head coach of the United States Men's Swimming Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and assistant coach at both the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games.

Kenney is a member of the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame as well as the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

On March 9, 2007, Kenney was suspended indefinitely, with pay, by Stanford after admitting to removing entries for records set by five swimmers that he had disagreements (Jason Plummer, Michael McLean, Tobias Oriwol, Rick Eddy, Peter Carothers) with from the Stanford swimming team's media guide. The team is coached, on an interim basis, by associate head coach Ted Knapp.[1]