Brian Kennedy is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the
NJIT Highlanders men's basketball
The NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States. The school's teams are members of the America East Conference. They are ...
team.
Playing career
Kennedy grew up in
Rumson, New Jersey
Rumson is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough’s population was 7,343, reflecting a 3.1% increase from the 7,122 enumera ...
and attended
Christian Brothers Academy. In college, Kennedy his playing career with
Princeton
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...
before transferring and completing his college career at
Monmouth.
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
Jim Engles (born August 18, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and current coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team. He is the former head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology
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, and upon Engles departure to
Columbia, Kennedy was elevated to the head coach.
Personal life
Kennedy's uncle is
Pat Kennedy
Joseph Patrick Kennedy (born January 5, 1952) is an American former college basketball coach and player. He was previously the men's basketball coach at Towson University, Iona College (New York), Iona College, Florida State University, DePaul ...
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
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from New Jersey
Basketball players from New Jersey
Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey) alumni
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball coaches
Monmouth Hawks men's basketball players
NJIT Highlanders men's basketball coaches
People from Rumson, New Jersey
Princeton Tigers men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Monmouth County, New Jersey
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