Brian Kennedy
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: NJIT Highlanders
Current conference: America East Conference
NJIT record: 74-100 (.425)
Overall record: 74-100 (.425)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- America East Regular Season Champion: 0
- America East Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-present | NJIT |
| 2012-2016 | NJIT (asst) |
| 1997-2002 | DePaul (asst) |
Brian Kennedy Facts
- 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
- Has three daughters and one son
Brian Kennedy Coaching Tree
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