Pat Kenelly | |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1922 |
Birth Place: | Darbun, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1946 |
Player Team2: | Southeastern Louisiana |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1965–1971 |
Coach Team2: | Southeastern Louisiana |
Coach Sport3: | Baseball |
Coach Years4: | 1951–1964 |
Coach Team4: | Southeastern Louisiana |
Admin Years1: | 1971–1976 |
Admin Team1: | Southeastern Louisiana |
Overall Record: | 25–43 (football) 230–180–4 (baseball) |
Patrick Gumphrey Kenelly (October 7, 1922 – December 12, 2000) was an American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the eighth head football coach at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1965 until 1971, compiling a record of 25–43.[1]
Kenelly was also the head baseball coach at Southeastern Louisiana from 1951 to 1964. His tenure was the longest of any head coach in the history of the Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball program. Southeastern Louisiana's baseball facility, Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field, is named for him. The diamond was dedicated on February 19, 2006.[2]