Lawrence W. Kennan (born June 13, 1944) is an

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coach and former player. Kennan was most recently the head football coach for the

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from 2012 to 2017. He was also the head coach at Lamar University from 1979 to 1981 and for the

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of the World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991. Kennan served as the executive director of the NFL Coaches Association from 1998 until 2011.

Coaching career

Kennan's coaching career began at his alma mater La Verne in 1966. After a two-year stint at Garden Grove High School, he resumed his collegiate coaching career at

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in 1969 and then served as the

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(1973–1975) and SMU (1976–1978). He was named head football coach at Lamar University in 1979, where he coached the Cardinals for three years. Kennan joined the professional ranks in 1982 when

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named him quality control coach on his

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staff. The following year, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach and won a Super Bowl ring with them as quarterback coach of the Super Bowl XVIII winning team. He remained with the Raiders for six seasons, before joining the

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as the wide receivers coach in 1988. In 1989, Kennan was named the offensive coordinator of the

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. After two seasons, he was named head coach of the

of the World League of American Football. That year, he led the Monarchs to a 9–1 regular season record and captured the inaugural

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title with a 21–0 victory over the

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. He returned to the NFL in 1992 when he was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the

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, where he remained through the 1994 season. In 1995, he joined

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's staff in New Orleans, where he instructed the

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tight ends for a year before re-joining the Raiders in 1996. After one season as Oakland's quarterbacks coach, Kennan was hired by Pete Carroll as offensive coordinator of the

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. After one year there, and now liking how he was being treated, he quit and moved to Washington, DC to serve as the first executive director of the NFL Coaches Association. In December 2011, after 14 years out of coaching, Kennan succeeded Mike Santiago as the head football coach at the

. On November 27, 2017, Kennan was dismissed as Incarnate Word's head football coach after finishing the 2017 campaign with a 1–10 record and a 1–7 mark in

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play.

Head coaching record

College

Professional

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennan, Larry 1944 births Living people Colorado Buffaloes football coaches Denver Broncos coaches Incarnate Word Cardinals football coaches Indianapolis Colts coaches Lamar Cardinals football coaches London Monarchs coaches Los Angeles Raiders coaches National Football League offensive coordinators New England Patriots coaches New Orleans Saints coaches Oakland Raiders coaches Seattle Seahawks coaches Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California University of La Verne alumni