TicketsKennedy Elevated To Associate Head Coach
UAB grad in his fourth season at UC
Contact: Brian Teter
10/15/2004
Andy Kennedy has been named Associate Head Coach of the UC men's basketball team. |
CINCINNATI, Ohio--University of Cincinnati head basketball coach Bob Huggins announced that Andy Kennedy, who is in his fourth season on staff at UC, has been elevated to associate head coach.
"Andy is a tremendous basketball coach and has done a super job for us here at Cincinnati," said Huggins. "He works extremely hard in all facets of basketball and does a great job with our players. He also does an excellent job for us in recruiting and doing all the research and homework required to put us in position to recruit the best players in the country."
Kennedy, who graduated from UAB in 1991, has nine years of experience as an assistant coach in the college ranks. He has served as the Bearcats' recruiting coordinator the past three seasons, compiling Top 10 recruiting classes each year. The 2002 class was rated as high as No. 5 in the nation by Bob Gibbons of All Star Sports, while the 2003 group was No. 7 by both PrepStars and FutureStars. This year's 2004 class of Vincent Banks, Roy Bright, and Jihad Muhammad earned a No. 10 ranking by All Star Sports.
A 1991 graduate of UAB, Kennedywas an assistant at his alma mater for five years from 1996-2001. During that time he helped lead the Blazers to a 90-66 record and three post-season tournament appearances. Kennedy began his coaching career as an assistant at South Alabama during the 1994-95 season.
The 36-year-old Kennedy was a standout player at UAB and is still the school's No. 2 all-time leading scorer with 1,787 points. He averaged 18.8 points in his three-year career at UAB after transferring from North Carolina State, where he was a member of the late Jim Valvano's 1987 ACC championship team.
Kennedy played four years of professional basketball, starting with the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, before concluding his playing career overseas in Greece, Holland, Spain, and Puerto Rico.
A native of Louisville, Miss., Kennedy tutored the frontline players his first three seasons at UC. Beginning this year, he will work closely with the Bearcat guards.