James Frank Kenly Jr. (April 18, 1877 – February 21, 1944) was an American engineer and college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Maryland Agricultural College—now known as the

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—for one season, in 1898, compiling a record of 2–5–1.

Biography

Kenly was born in

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near Level, Maryland on April 18, 1877.''Alumni Record of the Maryland Agricultural College: 1914
Maryland Agricultural College, p. 69, 1914. He enrolled at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1895, and played on the

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from 1896 to 1898 as a

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. In 1898, he served as the team's head coach and captain,''Reveille''
p. 29, Maryland Agricultural College, 1899. and Maryland amassed a 2–5–1 record. After the season, the ''Reveille'' yearbook wrote, "Manager McCandlish and Captain Kenly worked faithfully with the material they had, but the team was deficient in weight as compared with the others of the league." He graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1899 with a degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

. Kenly worked for the Port Chester Bolt and Nut Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, York Safe and Lock Company, H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc.,

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, Pennsylvania Steel Company, and the

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. Kenly was married to Mavourneen (née Williams) Kenly. He later worked at the

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. He died of a heart attack on February 21, 1944, at his home in

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Head coaching record

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