Pat Kennedy

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Pat Kennedy

Title Head coach
College Towson
Sport Basketball
Place of birth Flag of the United States Keyport, New Jersey
Career highlights
Championships
Metro Tournament Championship (1991)
MAAC Tournament Championship (1982, 1984, 1985)
MAAC Regular Season Championship (1983, 1984, 1985)
Playing career
1971–1973 King's College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1980
1980–1986
1986–1997
1997–2002
2002–2004
2004–present
Iona (asst.)
Iona
Florida State
DePaul
Montana
Towson
For the basketball referee, see Matthew "Pat" Kennedy

Pat Kennedy is the current men's basketball coach at Towson University. Previously, Kennedy coached at Iona College, Florida State University, DePaul University, and the University of Montana.

Kennedy is a native of Keyport, New Jersey[1], and attended Red Bank Catholic High School.[2] 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. In six year, he led the Gaels to two NCAA tournement appearances. He compiled a 124-60 record while at Iona.

After Iona, Kennedy went to Florida State. He would spend 11 year in Tallahassee, leading the Seminoles to 5 NCAA tournament appearances. During his tenure at FSU, he won 202 games and lost 131.

In 1997, he took over as headmaster at DePaul. In 2000, Kennedy led the Blue Demons to their first NCAA appearance in eight years. While in Chicago, he had a record of 67 wins and 85 losses.

In 2002, Kennedy left DePaul to coach Montana. His two record of the Grizzlies was 23-25. He took his current position at Towson in 2004.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Towson Names Kennedy Men's Basketball Coach", WYFF, May 10, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2007.
  2. ^ Pat Kennedy, Towson Tigers. Accessed December 20, 2007. "Pat attended Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic High School, home of the Fighting Caseys."

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