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- Three-time Olympic Coach - Six-time NCAA Coach of the Year - Sixteen-Time Pac-10 Coach of the Year |
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After 25 seasons as head coach of Stanford University, Kenney stands alone among his peers for his accomplishments in the pool and his character away from the pool. Last
year, Kenney led the Stanford squad to a second place finish at the NCAA
Championships, which marked the Cardinal’s 20th top three
finish nationally since 1982. Stanford crowned two NCAA Individual
Champions in 2004. Peter Mashall also successfully defended his ’02
title in the 100-meter backstroke (50.32) in a world record time.
Teammate Jayme Cramer won the 200-meter freestyle in 1:45:04. Thirteen
Stanford swimmers garnered a total of 20 individual All-American honors.
The 200 medley freestyle relay team (final) and 200 medley relay team
(prelim) set new American records in their respective events while
Marshall broke the U.S. Open record in the 50 meter backstroke in the
lead-off leg of the medley relay finals. Kenney’s swimmers have also excelled in the classroom in 2003-04 as 14 swimmers were honored on the Pac-10 All-Academic teams. Kenney
has led the Cardinal to seven NCAA titles, including runaway wins in
1992 and 1998. He has also been named NCAA Coach of the Year six times,
most recently in 1998. In addition, Kenney has led the Cardinal to some
of the finest team performances in the history of the NCAA Championship
meet. The 1992 squad set meet records for both points scored (632) and
victory margin (276 points over Texas), and the 1998 team became the
first to have a championship final representative in every individual
and relay swimming event. He has also coached a total of 94 All-American
to 807 All-American honors, and has developed 64 NCAA Champions. His achievements as head coach of Stanford are unparalleled in Pac-10 history. He has guided the Cardinal to 23 straight conference titles, which is far and away the record for consecutive Pac-10 championships in any sport. The Cardinal broke the conference record for consecutive titles, established by UCLA men’s basketball under John Wooden in 1995 when they captured their 14th consecutive title. Kenney has been named Pac-10 Coach of the Year 16 times in the last 22 years. He has coached an amazing 51 Pac-10 Individual Champions to 135 titles during his tenure. His relay teams have picked up 61 Pac-10 titles as well. Last season, Stanford had four individual conference champions as well as one-relay champions. In 25
years as the head coach at Stanford, Kenney has recorded a 192-35
overall record, including a 95-5 record (.950) over the past 12 years. Kenney
is also one of the top coaches on the international circuit. Most
recently, he was named the men’s head coach for the U.S. team at the
2004 Short Course World Championships held in Indianapolis, Indiana. He
also served as head coach of the United States Men’s Swimming Team at
the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and was an assistant coach at both
the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympiads, He has also served as U.S. National
Team coach at countless other World Championships, Pan-American Games
and Pan-Pacific Championships. For his tireless contributions on the
international level, he was inducted into the International Swimming
Hall of Fame this season. During
his tenure at Stanford, Kenney has tutored several individuals who have
gone on to shine at the international level. Included on this list are
Dave Bottom (former American record holder), Ray Carey (1996 U.S.
Olympian), Kurt Grote (1996 Olympic Gold Medalist), Jeff Kostoff (1984
and 1988 U.S. Olympian, former American record holder), John Moffet
(1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympian, former world record holder), Pablo
Morales (three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and former world record
holder), Jay Mortensen (1988 U.S. Olympian), Anthony Mosse (1988 Olympic
Bronze Medalist), Sean Murphy (1988 Canadian Olympian), Eddie Parenti
(1992 and 1996 Canadian Olympian), Brian Retterer (former American record holder), Jeff Rouse (1992 and 1996
Olympic Gold Medalist, world record holder), John Simons (1980 U.S.
Olympian), Dave Sims (1980 U.S. Olympian),
Derek Weatherford (American record holder), and Tom Wilkens (2000 U.S.
Olympian). He was
inducted into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994-95 in recognition
of his outstanding accomplishments in the men’s swimming arena. Kenney has two children – Kristine and Richard.
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