Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Incarnate Word |
Conference | Southland |
Record | 19–36 |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Pomona, California |
June 13, 1944
Playing career | |
1962–1965 | La Verne |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1966 | La Verne (backfield) |
1967–1968 | Garden Grove HS (assistant) |
1969–1971 | Colorado (assistant) |
1972 | Arvada West HS (assistant) |
1973–1975 | UNLV (OC) |
1976–1978 | SMU (OC) |
1979–1981 | Lamar |
1982 | Los Angeles Raiders (QC) |
1983–1987 | Los Angeles Raiders (QB) |
1988 | Denver Broncos (WR) |
1989–1990 | Indianapolis Colts (OC) |
1991 | London Monarchs |
1992–1994 | Seattle Seahawks (OC/QB) |
1995 | New Orleans Saints (TE) |
1996 | Oakland Raiders (QB) |
1997 | New England Patriots (OC) |
2012–present | Incarnate Word |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1998–2011 | NFL Coaches Association (ED) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 32–53–3 (college) 11–1 (WLAF) |
Tournaments | 2–0 (WLAF) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Awards | |
WLAF Coach of the Year (1991) |
Lawrence W. Kennan (born June 13, 1944) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of the Incarnate Word, a position he assumed in December 2011. Kennan has previously served as the executive director of the NFL Coaches Association from 1998 until 2011. He was the head coach at Lamar University from 1979 to 1981, and for the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991.
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 Colorado in 1969 and then served as the offensive coordinator at UNLV (1973–75) and Southern Methodist (1976–78). He was named head coach at Lamar University in 1979, where he coached the Cardinals for three years.
Kennan joined the professional ranks in 1982 when Tom Flores named him quality control coach on his Los Angeles Raiders staff. The following year, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach. He remained with the Raiders for six seasons, before joining the Denver Broncos as the wide receivers coach in 1988. In 1989, Kennan was named the offensive coordinator of the Indianapolis Colts.