Brian Kennedy

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Lehigh Mountain Hawks (Head coach: Brett Reed)
Current conference: Patriot League
Teams coached: NJIT Highlanders
NJIT record: 81-123 (.397)
Overall record: 81-123 (.397)

Brian Kennedy
Hometown: Rumson, New Jersey
Alma Mater: Monmouth University (BS, 1990)
Son of the late Bob Kennedy, a former college and high school coach
- Nephew of Pat Kennedy, a collegiate head coach for 33 years (Iona, Florida State, DePaul, Montana, Towson, Pace)
Played at both Princeton and Monmouth, graduating from the latter after playing for Wayne Szoke; was team captain as both a junior and senior
- Took over as President of the family business, basketball instructional organization The Hoop Group, after graduating
First collegiate job was as an assistant at DePaul under his uncle, Pat, from 1997-2002
Stepped away from coaching to work on Wall Street from 2002 to 2009, then returned to The Hoop Group as Athletic Director from 2009-2012 before taking the assistant position at NJIT
Spent four seasons as an assistant at NJIT under Jim Engles before taking over as head coach
- Led the Highlanders to the second round of the CIT in 2019
- Went 81-123 during his seven-year tenure at the helm; resigned in March 2023 following a 7-23 season
Returned to college coaching in 2024, joining Brett Reed‘s staff at Lehigh as an assistant coach

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