Henry Kean

Henry A. Kean
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	1894
Died	December 12, 1955 (aged 61) Nashville, Tennessee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931–1942	Kentucky State
1944–1954	Tennessee State
Basketball
1944–1949	Tennessee State
1950–1951	Tennessee State

Head coaching record
Overall	166–33–9 (football) 108–26 (basketball)

Henry Arthur Kean (1894 – December 12, 1955) was an American college football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Kentucky State University from 1931 to 1942. At Kentucky State, Kean's teams won four black college football national championships and ten straight Midwestern Athletic Association championships. His lifetime coaching record was an impressive 166–33–9, with a winning percentage of .819.

Coaching career

Kentucky State

Kean was the sixth head football at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky and he held that position for 12seasons, from 1931 until 1942. During his tenure as head coach at Kentucky State, he led the team to four Black College National Football championships and ten straight Midwestern Athletic Association championships. His coaching record at Kentucky State was 73–17–6.^[1]

Tennessee State

Kean moved to Tennessee State University in 1943 and led the Tigers to five football national titles. Kean was the 11th head football coach for the Tigers in Nashville, Tennessee and he held that position for 11 seasons, from 1944 until 1954. His coaching record at Tennessee State was 93–16–3.

Henry Kean also coached basketball at Tennessee State from 1944 to 1949 and from 1950 to 1951. As head coach, he recorded a record of 108–26. In 1948–49, the Tigers went undefeated finishing with a record of 24 wins. The Tigers scored 1,765 points and allowed only 977 points by their opponents. The 1948–49 is Tennessee State's only undefeated team.

Kean was inducted into the Tennessee State Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.^[2]

Personal life

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Kean held college degrees from both Indiana University and Fisk University, and taught mathematics at Louisville's Central High School. He died at the age of 61, on December 12, 1955, at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.^[3]

References

↑ Kentucky State University coaching records Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Tennessee State University coaching records Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Coach Of Negro Grid Teams Dies". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. Associated Press. December 13, 1955. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .

Kentucky State Thorobreds head football coaches

Durral B. Evans (1921–1923)
Louis J. Harper (1924–1925)
Scott Brown (1926)
Roscoe C. Vaught (1927)
J. T. Williams (1928–1930)
Henry Kean (1931–1942)
No team (1943)
Norman Passmore (1944)
Bill Willis (1945)
Robert White (1946)
C. Randy Taylor (1947–1950)
George E. Edwards (1951–1956)
Joe Gilliam Sr. (1957–1958)
Sam B. Taylor (1959–1962)
Mel Whedbee (1963–1967)
Charles Bates (1968–1969)
LeRoy Smith (1970–1982)
Ron Mitchell # (1982)
Larry Kirksey (1983)
Willie Williamson & Theo Lemon (1984)
James Walker (1985)
John K. Wright (1986)
William K. Head (1987–1989)
George James Jr. (1990–1991)
Maurice Hunt (1992–1994)
George Small (1995–2000)
Donald Smith (2001–2003)
Cornell Burbage (2004)
Fred Farrier (2005–2008)
Wayne Dickens (2009–2012)
Josh Dean (2013–2015)
John L. Smith (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Tennessee State Tigers head football coaches

Buck Hunt (1916)
No team (1917–1921)
Joe E. Scruggs (1922–1924)
George Davenport (1925–1926)
Caesar Felton Gayles (1927)
Harry Long (1928)
Alton Jackson (1929)
T. D. Upshaw (1930–1931)
Unknown (1932)
Walter S. Davis (1933–1936)
Reubin Munday (1937–1939)
Unknown (1940)
No team (1941–1943)
Henry Kean (1944–1954)
Howard C. Gentry (1955–1960)
Lawrence Simmons (1961–1962)
John Merritt (1963–1983)
William A. Thomas (1984–1988)
Joe Gilliam Sr. (1989–1992)
Bill Davis (1993–1995)
L. C. Cole (1996–1999)
James Reese (2000–2004)
James Webster (2005–2009)
Rod Reed (2010– )

Tennessee State Tigers basketball head coaches

Henry Kean (1944–1949)
Shelton Matthews (1949–1950)
Henry Kean (1950–1951)
Clarence Cash (1951–1954)
John McLendon (1954–1959)
Harold Hunter (1959–1968)
Ed Martin (1968–1984)
Ed Meyers # (1984–1985)
Larry Reid (1985–1989)
Ron Abernathy (1989–1991)
Frankie Allen (1991–2000)
Nolan Richardson III (2000–2003)
Hosea Lewis # (2002-2003)
Teresa Phillips # (2003)
Hosea Lewis # (2003)
Cy Alexander (2003–2009)
Mark Pittman # (2009)
John Cooper (2009–2012)
Travis Williams (2012–2014)
Dana Ford (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

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