| Larry Kennan | |
| Birth Date: | June 13, 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Pomona, California, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1962–1965 |
| Player Team1: | La Verne |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 1966 |
| Coach Team1: | La Verne (backfield) |
| Coach Years2: | 1967–1968 |
| Coach Team2: | Garden Grove HS (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1969–1971 |
| Coach Team3: | Colorado (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1972 |
| Coach Team4: | Arvada West HS (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1973–1975 |
| Coach Team5: | UNLV (OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1976–1978 |
| Coach Team6: | SMU (OC) |
| Coach Years7: | 1979–1981 |
| Coach Team7: | Lamar |
| Coach Years8: | 1982 |
| Coach Team8: | Los Angeles Raiders (QC) |
| Coach Years9: | 1983–1987 |
| Coach Team9: | Los Angeles Raiders (QB) |
| Coach Years10: | 1988 |
| Coach Team10: | Denver Broncos (WR) |
| Coach Years11: | 1989–1990 |
| Coach Team11: | Indianapolis Colts (OC) |
| Coach Years12: | 1991 |
| Coach Team12: | London Monarchs |
| Coach Years13: | 1992–1994 |
| Coach Team13: | Seattle Seahawks (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years14: | 1995 |
| Coach Team14: | New Orleans Saints (TE) |
| Coach Years15: | 1996 |
| Coach Team15: | Oakland Raiders (QB) |
| Coach Years16: | 1997 |
| Coach Team16: | New England Patriots (OC) |
| Coach Years17: | 2012–2017 |
| Coach Team17: | Incarnate Word |
| Admin Years1: | 1998–2011 |
| Admin Team1: | NFL Coaches Association (ED) |
| Overall Record: | 33–63–3 (college) 11–1 (WLAF) |
| Tournament Record: | 2–0 (WLAF) |
| Championships: | 1 World Bowl (1991) |
| Awards: | WLAF Coach of the Year (1991) Super Bowl XVIII Champion quarterback coach |
Lawrence W. Kennan (born June 13, 1944) is an American football coach and former player. Kennan was most recently the head football coach for the University of the Incarnate Word from 2012 to 2017. He was also 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 served as the executive director of the NFL Coaches Association from 1998 until 2011.
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 (1973–1975) and SMU (1976–1978). He was named head football 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.[1] The following year, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach and won a Super Bowl ring with them as quarterback coach of the Super Bowl XVIII winning team. 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.
After two seasons, he was named head coach of the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football. That year, he led the Monarchs to a 9–1 regular season record and captured the inaugural World Bowl title with a 21–0 victory over the Barcelona Dragons.[2] He returned to the NFL in 1992 when he was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Seattle Seahawks, where he remained through the 1994 season.[3]
In 1995, he joined Jim E. Mora's staff in New Orleans, where he instructed the Saints tight ends for a year before re-joining the Raiders in 1996.[4] After one season as Oakland's quarterbacks coach, Kennan was hired by Pete Carroll as offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots. After one year there, and now liking how he was being treated, he quit and moved to Washington, D.C., to serve as the first executive director of the NFL Coaches Association.[5]
In December 2011, after 14 years out of coaching, Kennan succeeded Mike Santiago as the head football coach at the University of the Incarnate Word.[6] On November 27, 2017, Kennan was dismissed as Incarnate Word's head football coach after finishing the 2017 campaign with a 1–10 record and a 1–7 mark in Southland Conference play.[7]